Fires in NKR - Baku's Awkward Attempt to Draw Veil over Aggression Act

PanARMENIAN.Net - "From the beginning of June 2006 the fires on Nagorno Karabakh territory bordering with Azerbaijan have been taking place. The situation is a subject of serious anxiety for Karabakh authorities as it poses a threat for the security of the NKR and its population," says the statement issued by the NKR Ministry of Foreign Affairs.



"A special commission for studying circumstances and revealing reasons of the inflammation was established in the NKR. Representatives of ministries and departments responsible for security issues were in the commission. For the purpose of localization the centers of the inflammation and non-admission of fire spreading the subunits of fire-prevention service and the NKR Department for Emergency Situations, as well as the leadership of local administrations and population were mobilized. A twenty-four-hour duty was organized in all the communities with the object of averting emergency situations.



Nevertheless, the situation in these regions, which in connection with the ongoing fires is becoming worse, is fraught with unfavorable long-term consequences for agriculture and food security of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic. The number and area of the fires of wheat fields in the adjoining with Azerbaijan territories have sharply risen.



As a result of the work of the NKR special commission, the incontestable data, indicating the fact that the reasons of the fires were intentional hostile activities of Azerbaijani side, were received. By these actions the official Baku pursues a goal to undermine the economy of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic and prevent from advancing development. For screening its activities the authorities of Azerbaijan from the very outset launched a wide-ranging propaganda trying to lay the blame on Karabakh side both in local and foreign mass media, which is a continuation of a propaganda and psychological war against the people of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic and is an awkward attempt to draw a veil over the aggression act.



We would like to remind that as early as 2001 the leadership of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic suggested through the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairmen on the Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlement a package of steps on establishing confidence between the parties to the conflict, in particular, cooperation on non-admission of ignition of pastures and agricultural lands in the adjoining regions to Azerbaijani side. Unfortunately, at that time the initiative of the official Stepanakert was not supported in Baku and was not honored with proper attention by the OSCE Minsk Group.

Moreover, as early as June 15, 2006, the NKR Ministry of Foreign Affairs addressed to the Office of the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in Office with a request to conduct a crisis-monitoring in the territory bordering with Azerbaijan to estimate the real situation on the spot and disprove far-fetched accusations of Azerbaijani side.



We would like to draw the attention of the international community and, in particular, the co-chairmen of the OSCE Minsk Group to the circumstance that if they do not to take measures concerning the hostile activities of Azerbaijan the official Stepanakert will have the right to undertake adequate corresponding activities for ensuring security of the republic," the statement says.
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