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    Karabakh leader blames Azerbaijan for destabilizing situation

    Regnum, Moscow
    30 Mar 05


    "Azerbaijan is destabilizing the situation on the contact line between
    the armed forces of Nagornyy Karabakh and Azerbaijan and trying to
    advance on our positions, pursuing two goals. First, the authorities
    of that country are trying to resolve domestic political tasks by
    proving to the opposition that they are ready for war. Second and most
    importantly, Azerbaijan is blackmailing the international community
    and trying to convince it that the country will start a war if the
    problem is not resolved according to Azerbaijan's scenario," the
    president of the Nagornyy Karabakh Republic [NKR], Arkadiy Gukasyan,
    said after a meeting with OSCE Chairman-in-Office Dimitrij Rupel.

    "We are interested in preventing the war. I am sure that the people of
    Azerbaijan wish the same. However, the lack of official or any other
    contacts with the Azerbaijani side makes the situation
    unpredictable. Speaking of the need to create an atmosphere of mutual
    confidence, we mean the establishment of contacts - we have to be able
    to listen to each other, something that unfortunately has not happened
    yet," Gukasyan said.

    Commenting on the situation on the contact line, the NKR president
    said that there were casualties and injuries on the Karabakh side
    after the recent incidents, but "their number is small". In different
    parts of the contact line the parties are separated by 70 metres to
    1-2 km. The Azerbaijanis have now moved 150 metres closer to the
    positions, from which they were 300 metres away before.

    Gukasyan asked the OSCE chairman-in-office to take control of the
    processes on the contact line and confirm the state of affairs again.
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