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Noyan Tapan News Agency, Armenia
Dec 1 2006
ADOPTION OF DRAFT RESOLUTION PROPOSED BY GUAM IN UN WILL CREATE
SERIOUS OBSTACLES FOR CONTINUING NEGOTIATIONS ON KARABAKH, V.OSKANIAN
SAYS
YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 30, NOYAN TAPAN. RA Foreign Minister Vartan
Oskanian positively estimated Armenia's cooperation with European
structures speaking at the December 1 press conference. In his words,
"the most documentally registered is development of relations with
Europe, here we have documents signed within the framework of
cooperation with the European Union, NATO, as well as the Council of
Europe." In particular, he mentioned the Actions Plan signed lately
in Brussels within the framework of the New European Neighborhood
policy naming it a many-sided document.
V.Oskanian also highly estimated Armenian-Russian relations. In his
words, the murders of Armenians in Russia that have become frequent
lately have no impact on the level of bilateral relations. "These
murders are not an obstacle for our relations," V.Oskanian declared.
Meanwhile he emphasized that this situation should cause anxiety in
Russia, as they kill not only Armenians, but also representatives of
other nationalities in Russia.
As regards consideration of the draft resolution on December 7 in UN
on conflicts in the post-Soviet area proposed by GUAM countries,
V.Oskanian said that Armenia's position in this issue remains
unchanged: "We think that consideration of this issue and adoption of
this resolution will result in inappropriate difficulties in the
negotiations process on Nagorno Karabakh settlement. If even this
resolution is passed, it will not add anything positive to the
negotiations. On the contrary, we consider that this will create
rather serious obstacles for continuing the negotiations process, in
which we have positive shifts and rather favorable atmosphere has
been formed at present," the Armenian Foreign Minister declared.
Dec 1 2006
ADOPTION OF DRAFT RESOLUTION PROPOSED BY GUAM IN UN WILL CREATE
SERIOUS OBSTACLES FOR CONTINUING NEGOTIATIONS ON KARABAKH, V.OSKANIAN
SAYS
YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 30, NOYAN TAPAN. RA Foreign Minister Vartan
Oskanian positively estimated Armenia's cooperation with European
structures speaking at the December 1 press conference. In his words,
"the most documentally registered is development of relations with
Europe, here we have documents signed within the framework of
cooperation with the European Union, NATO, as well as the Council of
Europe." In particular, he mentioned the Actions Plan signed lately
in Brussels within the framework of the New European Neighborhood
policy naming it a many-sided document.
V.Oskanian also highly estimated Armenian-Russian relations. In his
words, the murders of Armenians in Russia that have become frequent
lately have no impact on the level of bilateral relations. "These
murders are not an obstacle for our relations," V.Oskanian declared.
Meanwhile he emphasized that this situation should cause anxiety in
Russia, as they kill not only Armenians, but also representatives of
other nationalities in Russia.
As regards consideration of the draft resolution on December 7 in UN
on conflicts in the post-Soviet area proposed by GUAM countries,
V.Oskanian said that Armenia's position in this issue remains
unchanged: "We think that consideration of this issue and adoption of
this resolution will result in inappropriate difficulties in the
negotiations process on Nagorno Karabakh settlement. If even this
resolution is passed, it will not add anything positive to the
negotiations. On the contrary, we consider that this will create
rather serious obstacles for continuing the negotiations process, in
which we have positive shifts and rather favorable atmosphere has
been formed at present," the Armenian Foreign Minister declared.