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    NKR PRESIDENT ARKADY GHUKASIAN MEETS WITH MATTHEW BRYZA, OSCE MG US CO-CHAIR

    AZG Armenian Daily #144, 02/08/2006

    NKR Issue

    In the course of the Saturday press-conference Saturday
    Nagorno-Karabakh President Arkady Ghoukassian stated that the key
    topic of his meeting with OSCE MG US co-chair Matthew Bryza was the
    involvement of NK in the Nagorno-Karabakh peace talks. Ghoukassian
    said that all the mediators realize the necessity of involving NK in
    the negotiating process. He said that he had informed Bryza of NK's
    position on the Nagorno-Karabakh problem and Bryza did not object.

    "Our position is logical. Of course, it somewhat differs from what the
    co-chairs have proposed but Bryza has made no serious objections to
    it," Ghoukassian said. He said that without visiting NK the newly
    appointed US co-chair would hardly get the full picture of the
    problem. He said that he did not expect much from Bryza's visit
    as he came more to listen than to propose. Ghoukassian said that
    the long pause in the co-chairs' visits to the region was mostly
    of technical nature. He said that he was always invited to Yerevan
    whenever the co-chairs came but he believes that it is more correct to
    hold such meetings in Stepanakert. "I think there is already a clear
    understanding that the problem cannot be solved without Karabakh,"
    Ghoukassian said. Concerning the proposals Ghoulassyan said that
    one should not consider problems outside the general context: one
    should not consider the problem of Azeri refugees without considering
    the problem of Armenian ones, the problem of territories without
    the problem of NK's status and security. Asked if the mediators are
    pressuring the sides, Ghoukassyan said that he has been in the peace
    process since 1992 and has never seen any pressure on the mediators'
    part.


    By Kim Gabrielian, Stepanakert
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