Cablegate: Letter From Nagorno-Karabakh "Foreign Minister" To

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SUBJECT: LETTER FROM NAGORNO-KARABAKH "FOREIGN MINISTER" TO
OSCE AMBASSADOR KASPRZYK

1. (SBU) The "Nagorno Karabakh Republic" representative
office in Yerevan forwarded the below letter, from "NKR
Foreign Minister" Georgiy Petrossian to OSCE Special
Representative Kasprzyk, with the request that we convey to
U.S. Minsk Group negotiator Matthew Bryza. Post has no plans
to forward the original to the Department unless so requested.

2. (SBU) FULL TEXT:

MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF THE NAGORNO KARABAKH REPUBLIC

Stepanakert, 8 October 2007
#12/493

To: Personal Representive of Acting Chairman of OSCE
Ambassador Kasprzyk

Dear Ambassador Kasprzyk,

Unfortunately I have to ascertain that regardless of
long-term practice of cooperation between the MFA of Nagorno
Karabakh Republic and the Office of Personal Representative
of Acting Chairman of OSCE on the issue of monitoring the
contact line of armed forces of Karabakh Republic and
Azerbaijan Republic on October 8 2007 field assistant of the
Personal Representative of Acting Chairman of OSVE again
refused to receive the Dip Note (M-18/07) of Nagorno Karabakh
Republic MFA where agreement has been given on the request of
allowance and cooperation to organize monitoring in
accordance with mandate of the Personal representative of the
Acting Chairman of OSCE.

Nagorno Karabakh side again considers the refusal to get the
Dip. Note of NKR MFA as a refusal of cooperation in
organizing the monitoring and providing participants of the
monitoring with safety guarantees from Karabakh Government.

In this context Nagorno Karabakh part relieves itself of
responsibility for the frustration of monitoring and its
consequences.

Ambassador Kasprzyk, please accept assurance of my highest
consideration.

Georgiy Petrossian
The Minister of Foreign Affairs

cc: Co-Chairman of OSCE Minsk Group Mr. Matthew Bryza (USA)
Co-Chairman of OSCE Minsk Group Mr. Barnard Fassie
(France)
Co-Chairman of OSCE Minsk Group Mr. Yuri Merzlyakov
(Russia)
PERINA

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