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    KARABAKH MINISTER SAYS PEACEKEEPERS' DEPLOYMENT "HARDLY POSSIBLE" -ARMENIAN PAPER

    Aykakan Zhamanak, Yerevan
    4 May 06

    Text of Kristine Khanumyan's report in Armenian newspaper Aykakan
    Zhamanak on 4 May

    NKR [Nagornyy Karabakh republic] foreign minister Georgiy Petrosyan's
    first interview with Karabakh's [opposition] newspaper Demo.

    "We are worried that a worsening of Iranian-American relations may
    affect the Karabakh conflict, as well as the whole of the South
    Caucasus. Any settlement to the Iranian problem that will involve
    changing the military balance in the region is a potential danger
    to the interests of all the players in the region. For this reason,
    we back balanced political decisions through negotiations, decisions
    which will not disturb the fragile stability and security in the
    region," Petrosyan said.

    Touching on the possible deployment of peacekeepers in the region in
    Iran "sauce", he said that this seemed hardly possible. "I believe
    that the military and political balance in the region, which has
    been preserved since the signing of a cease-fire agreement by the
    three parties to the [Nagornyy Karabakh] conflict, will prevent the
    issue of peacekeepers' deployment from being speeded up artificially,"
    the minister said. He added that there were also several complicated
    problems connected with the deployment of peacekeepers such as terms,
    procedures, mandate, responsibility and others, which should be
    resolved within the framework of settlement and agreed with all the
    parties to the conflict, especially with the NKR. But the minister
    said the deployment of peacekeepers could be unnecessary since there
    was the self-regulating factor as the contact line, which had been
    emphasized by many international experts.

    Touching on the recent hearings in the NKR parliament [on the Nagornyy
    Karabakh conflict settlement], Petrosyan said that the fact of holding
    hearings was positive in itself but one should admit that "it is a
    little bit late" to openly discuss painful problems in parliament. "I
    am glad that all the political forces of the NKR had the same view in
    principle on the Karabakh problem which coincides with the general
    foreign policy of our state. Moreover, taking into account the
    fact that the Karabakh issue is often discussed by international
    organizations, it is time for the NKR parliament to intensify its
    efforts taking account of the vital significance of the problem,"
    Petrosyan said.
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