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    Office of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic in the United States
    1140 19th Street, NW, Suite 600
    Washington, DC 20036

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    MEDIA ALERT

    DATE: October 17, 2005
    TO: Media Colleagues
    RE: The Washington Post publishes NKR Representative's Letter

    Today, The Washington Post published NKR Representative Vardan Barseghian's
    letter to the Editor in response to an October 5 news story entitled,
    "Independent Candidates Court Anger in Azerbaijan Campaign". Representative
    Barseghian's letter is included below:

    The Washington Post
    Letters to the Editor
    Conflict in the Caucasus

    Monday, October 17, 2005; Page A14

    While reporting on the parliamentary election campaign in Azerbaijan, Philip
    Kennicott misrepresented key facts about the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict [news
    story, Oct. 5].

    In response to the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic's democratic aspiration for
    self-determination, Azerbaijan launched a war against Nagorno-Karabakh, not
    Armenia. Nagorno-Karabakh was able to take the war outside its borders,
    pressuring Azerbaijan into signing the 1994 cease-fire agreement.
    Nagorno-Karabakh, not Armenia, now controls some 8 percent, not 16 percent,
    of Azerbaijani territory. This buffer zone between Nagorno-Karabakh and
    Azerbaijan helps maintain a relative peace in the region.

    VARDAN BARSEGHIAN
    Representative
    Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
    Washington

    * * *

    This material is distributed by the Office of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic
    in the USA (NKR Office) on behalf of the Government of the Nagorno Karabakh
    Republic. The NKR Office is registered with the U.S. Government under the
    Foreign Agent Registration Act. Additional information is available at the
    Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.

    The Office of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic in the United States is based in
    Washington, DC and works with the U.S. government, academia and the public
    representing the official policies and interests of the Nagorno Karabakh
    Republic, Artsakh.
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