May 13, 2005 - 08:02 AMT
KARABAKH DIPLOMACY CHARGED WITH TASK TO TRANSFORM ARMISTICE IN LASTING PEACE
"One of the tasks the Karabakh diplomacy is charged with is the transformation of the armistice into final and stable peace", NKR Deputy Foreign Minister Masis Mayilian stated on occasion of the 11-th anniversary of the armistice established in Nagorno Karabakh conflict zone on May 12, 1994 under Russia's mediation, De-Facto agency reports. In his words, the cease-fire became the only considerable achievement in the peaceful settlement process. According Masis Mayilian, "the maintenance of the cease-fire in spite of separate cases of its violation is for most part conditioned by the fact that all the three parties to conflict put signatures to the agreement." Masis Mayilian expressed satisfaction with the stabilization of the situation on the Nagorno Karabakh and Azerbaijan armed forces' contact-line for the recent period. According to him, "considerable role in this played the firm position of international mediators, who stated on the inadmissibility of aggravating the situation, as well as the regular monitoring of the demarcation line conducted by the OSCE Mission".