OSCE fact-finding mission visits Karabakh’s Kalbacar District – Armenian TV
Public Television of Armenia, Yerevan
1 Feb 05
The co-chairmen of the OSCE Minsk Group [that mediates peace talks
between Azerbaijan and Armenia] and members of the OSCE fact-finding
mission have visited the center and several villages of Karvachar
District which is under the control of the Nagornyy Karabakh defence
army. The OSCE representatives met the district’s residents and
inquired about their previous place of residence.
The Russian co-chairman of the OSCE Minsk Group, Yuriy Merzlyakov,
said that their visit to the region was a bit unusual this time, and
naturally, it was different from previous visits. We have arrived here
to check cases of settlement of Armenians in the districts around
Nagornyy Karabakh, he said. The fact-finding mission has planned to
check one district a day. No-one can say what the reaction will
be. One can comment on this only after collecting information.
The head of the OSCE fact-finding mission, Emily Margarethe Haber,
added that they had gathered very interesting information about the
conflict. She said she was confident that this information would help
assess the situation correctly.
The deputy foreign minister of the Nagornyy Karabakh Republic, Masis
Mailyan, is accompanying the OSCE mission.
The members of the OSCE fact-finding mission visited Cabrayil and
Fuzuli districts earlier this morning.