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Ambassador Armen Smbatyan: There is favorable condition for the members of Armenian and Azerbaijani communities to visit Nagorno Karabakh

02 June 2009 11:01 (UTC +04:00)

Commenting on the reports that members of communities of Azerbaijan and Armenia will visit Nagorno Karabakh, Smbatyan said the idea to repeat the visit appeared soon after the first visit.
â€œBecause we (I hope not only we) felt the importance of such relations, a small positive bridge uniting the two communities was established during the visit. The aim of these visits is not to replace the process of negotiations to some extent,â€ he said.

Smbatyan mentioned that the negotiations were being held by the presidents within the framework of OSCE Minsk Group and said the representatives of various classes of the two countries should continue communicating. Clarifying why the planned visit was kept â€œsecretâ€ the ambassador said:
â€œIt is connected with arranging and coordinating mechanism of the visit, because a number of political, ethno-psychological, ethnocultural and social aspects are touched on. If information about the visit is given beforehand, or formulated incorrectly, it may affect the interests of the visit participants and the visit will not take place. There are always forces, who ignore the interests of the peoples and states, have mercantile intentions and do not want the process to be realized. Taking this into account I ask media representatives and â€œreliable sourcesâ€ to approach every statement and information on this issue with responsibility,â€ he said.