YEREVAN, DECEMBER 17, NOYAN TAPAN. Azeri side's attempts aimed at thrusting upon the mediators and international community their own views of both Nagorno Karabakh problem and its settlement ways through various international forums is not news for us. NKR Foreign Minister Georgy Petrosian stated this in response to journalists' questions. According to him, within the framework of this policy official Baku makes various tricks, in particular, presents itself as a victim in the aggression it started against the NKR people and veils its goals with slogans of European values and democracy. While Azeri leadership's latest statements, according to G. Petrosian, in particular, Ilham Aliyev's unique commentary upon Moscow Declaration's points, that is, denial of conflict settlement in a peaceful way, as well as Azeri settlement principles show the whole hypocricy of Azeri democracy and reduce to zero international community's all attempts to look for problem settlement ways. As the NKR Foreign Minister affirmed, at all stages of Nagorno Karabakh problem development the Azeri side has always been the main bearer of force solution. The calculation on force resulted in ethnic slaughters and deportation of Armenians from Sumgayit, Baku, Kirovabad, and other former Azeri SSR populated areas, which was followed by the Koltso (Circle) operation aimed at forcible deportation of Armenian villages of Nagorno Karabakh's Shahumian, Hadrut, and Shoushi regions. According to G. Petrosian, during the conflict military stage Baku repeatedly avoided to limit and to stop military operations, failed ceasefire agreements, was the first and repeated violator of UN Security Council four resolutions, did not completely and in time fulfill their demand and appeal. After concluding a truce the Azeri leadership actively purchased a great number of attacking ammunition by strengthening the arms race and continued threatening to the Nagorno Karabakh Republic to resume military operations. Official Baku's policy to endanger regional peace being the main precondition for implementation of international investment programs and socio-economic development becomes a serious threat for stability and security of not only NKR, but also the whole region. The NKR Foreign Minister affirmed that the current status quo is the result of Azerbaijan's aggression against NKR and its people and its further military operations and as the war initiator Azerbaijan bears the whole responsibility for its consequences. The created status quo is the minimum that permitted to ensure NKR and its people's security and independence under the circumstance of Azerbaijan's aggression. "The change of that status quo, in our opinion, inevitably will result in situation's destabilization, strengthening of tension with possible resumption of military operations. In the years of Soviet power Azeri SSR's leadership, including with "national leader" Heydar Aliyev's hands, tried to make Nagorno Karabakh not self-sufficient and dependent on Baku first of all trying to change population's demographic staff. It was also expressed during the determination of the borders of the Autonomous Region of Nagorno Karabakh. Now they try to return Nagorno Karabakh to the past. However, all attempts are doomed to failure," the NKR Foreign Minister said. The Minister also said that the NKR authorities have received no document (he meant the "technical document" that according to OSCE Minsk Group Co-chairman Bernard Fassier's information, was given to the conflict sides within the framework of Ministers' meeting in Helsinki) yet. However, according to the Foreign Minister, as a conflict side, which has been recognized as such according to OSCE basic documents on Nagorno Karabakh conflict, the NKR authorities expect to receive that document from Minsk Group Co-chairs in the near future.

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