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UNCLAS YEREVAN 001235 
 
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SENSITIVE 
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FOR EUR/FO MATTHEW BRYZA, EUR/CARC 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PREL PBTS AM AJ
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