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    HEIKKI TALVITIE: EU IS INTERESTED

    Azat Artsakh - Republic of Nagorno Karabakh (NKR)
    02 July 2004

    On June 30 NKR president Arkady Ghukassian met with the special
    representative of the European Union on the South Caucasus Heikki
    Talvitie who was in Stepanakert for a two-day visit. During the
    meeting Mr. Talvitie said that the European Union is greatly
    interested in the peaceful settlement of the Karabakh conflict. In
    this reference he mentioned that the EU is ready to assist to any
    undertaking, any progress in the peaceful process. The special
    representative pointed out the importance of establishing an
    atmosphere is confidence between the conflict parties without which it
    is impossible to achieve positive results in the negotiation
    process. In his turn the president of NKR thanked Heikki Talvitie for
    his visit to Nagorni Karabakh, which testifies to the wish of the EU
    to attend to the real situation in the conflict area and to favour the
    settlement of the crisis. He supported the opinion of the special
    representative on the necessity of mutual trust. At the same time the
    president of NKR mentioned that the Karabakh party has offered to
    Azerbaijan to undertake joint efforts for creating an atmosphere of
    trust but did not receive a corresponding response on the part of
    Baku. Arkady Ghukassian especially pointed out the danger of the
    growing anti-Armenian hysteria and rooting of the hostile image of the
    Armenian in Azerbaijan. Once again the head of NKR emphasized the
    importance of full-right participation of Karabakh in the talks
    without which the problem of settlement will aggravate. Speaking about
    the processes Arkady Ghukassian mentioned that the process of
    democratization in all the public and political spheres in Karabakh
    has already been deeply rooted. He added that Nagorni Karabakh goes on
    to have its contribution to the process of integration and become part
    of Europe. The participants of the meeting appreciated the fact of
    maintenance of the cease-fire and emphasized the inadmissibility of
    solving the conflict through force. At the end of the meeting the
    president of NKR said that hopefully the visits of representatives of
    European organizations to Nagorni Karabakh will be regular.

    AA.
    02-07-2004

    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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