NKR MFA sent a note to Coordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities

PanARMENIAN.Net - June 27, 2007 the NKR Ministry of Foreign Affairs sent a note to Coordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities Bernard Snoy expressing regret that the practical recommendation presented in the report of the OSCE-led Environmental Assessment Mission to fire affected territories along the contact line, prepared as a result of the 10-day monitoring (October, 2006) had not been realized. The Ministry considers that implementation of the recommendations on rehabilitation of the affected territories and counteraction to any detrimental impacts of the fires in future, undoubtedly, would allow transforming fire prevention and suppression into an opportunity of regional cooperation, confidence building measures and ultimately reconciliation.



The Ministry informed Coordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities that since the third decade of May 2007, fires from Azerbaijani side along the contact line have been occurring. The fires acquire systematic character and the Azerbaijani side again is trying to use them for propaganda.



The Ministry called upon the Office of Coordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities to take a principled and consistent position in realization of the OSCE Mission's recommendations. This will allow achieving the goals set in the report and creating an efficient mechanism for fire prevention and suppression along the line of contact, which may become one of elements of the confidence building measures, the NKR MFA press office reported.