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    RIA Novosti, Russia
    Jan 31 2005

    KARABAKH LEADER RECEIVES OSCE DELEGATION


    YEREVAN, January 31 (RIA Novosti's Gamlet Matevosyan) - Arkady
    Gukasyan, the leader of the self-proclaimed republic of Nagorny
    Karabakh, received a delegation of the Organization for Security and
    Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) in his headquarters on Monday. The
    delegates included the three cochairmen of the Minsk Group for the
    Karabakh settlement-Yuri Merzlyakov, of Russia, Steve Mann, of the
    United States, and Bernard Fassier, of France-as well as members of
    the fact-finding team set up to verify Azerbaijan's allegations that
    Armenian authorities continue the settlement of "occupied Azeri
    territories."

    In an interview with RIA Novosti, presidential spokespeople quoted
    Mr. Gukasyan as saying that the OSCE decision to visit territories
    presently under Karabakh control was a highly important one.
    According to him, Karabakh authorities suggested the idea on more
    than occasion in the past.

    Speaking of the current situation in the Karabakh-administered
    territories under OSCE monitoring, Mr. Gukasyan said his government
    had no program of settling those areas. According to him, government
    activity here is limited to the creation of decent living conditions
    for the population and the establishment of proper control.

    In order to get a fuller picture of the situation in the conflict
    zone, the Karabakh leader suggested that the OSCE mission should also
    visit Karabakh territories now being control by the Azeri military.

    OSCE Conflict Prevention Commissioner Emily Haber, who heads the
    fact-finding team, thanked the Karabakh leadership for creating
    favorable conditions for her team's work. She said the mission was
    intended for a ten days' period and that it was more technical than
    political in nature.

    Today, the OSCE fact-finding team is beginning to monitor the seven
    Karabakh-administered regions that constitute what is known as the
    security belt around the self-proclaimed republic. The aim is to find
    out whether Azerbaijan has any grounds to accuse Armenia of illegally
    settling these territories.
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