Office of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic in the United States, Washington lately published a Government letter concerning the ongoing events on Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

The letter calls for inter alia, that just a month or two ago, many observers thought that the Karabakh conflict was closer than it had been for years to a negotiated solution. But the much-trumpeted “breakthrough” never materialized. And this is not surprising.

Once an active participant in the peace process, the central party in the dispute — the Nagorno- Karabakh republic (NKR), which in 2009 marks the 18th anniversary of its de facto independence, but whose international status has not been formalized — is conspicuously absent from the talks today. Since 1997, Azerbaijan has refused to negotiate directly with the NKR, preferring to discuss the resolution with Armenia. However, NKR official position is that corresponding authorities should necessarily participate in the negotiations.

The document emphasizes, that NKR is a politically independent state with its democratic traditions and without its representatives on negotiation process, the success cannot be achieved.