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VARTAN OSKANIAN COMMENTS ON THE NKR CONSTITUTIONAL REFERENDUM
ArmRadio.am
08.12.2006 10:35
Commenting on the constitutional referendum in Nagorno Karabakh,
RA Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian said in particular:
"Once again, Georgia, Ukraine and Moldova are playing into the hands
of Azerbaijan by meddling into an issue which does not concern them.
A statement by GUAM on the upcoming constitutional referendum in
Nagorno Karabakh is misguided. What is being argued is far from
the truth.
During this decade and a half, in a situation of no-peace and
no-war, and to their credit, the people and authorities of Nagorno
Karabakh have built a lawful, well-regulated internal governance
system. They have built political institutions; through elections
they have selected their own authorities and developed a legislative
framework. Today, they have recognized the need for a basic law,
and chosen the internationally accepted practice of a referendum as
the only acceptable way to collectively adopt that basic law.
Azerbaijan claims that exercising a vote is an obstruction to the
peace process.
Just the opposite, at the core of the negotiations to reach a peaceful
resolution to the Nagorno Karabakh conflict is the right of the people
of Nagorno Karabakh for self-determination.
What really obstructs the process is the Azerbaijani overreaction to
Karabakh 's democratic activities, their refusal to engage Nagorno
Karabakh in peace talks, their repeated militaristic calls and their
persistent efforts to sidetrack the Minsk Group negotiations process.
For Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine to dismiss the democratic aspirations
of the people of Nagorno Karabakh and blame them for choosing to
behave democratically is counterproductive."
ArmRadio.am
08.12.2006 10:35
Commenting on the constitutional referendum in Nagorno Karabakh,
RA Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian said in particular:
"Once again, Georgia, Ukraine and Moldova are playing into the hands
of Azerbaijan by meddling into an issue which does not concern them.
A statement by GUAM on the upcoming constitutional referendum in
Nagorno Karabakh is misguided. What is being argued is far from
the truth.
During this decade and a half, in a situation of no-peace and
no-war, and to their credit, the people and authorities of Nagorno
Karabakh have built a lawful, well-regulated internal governance
system. They have built political institutions; through elections
they have selected their own authorities and developed a legislative
framework. Today, they have recognized the need for a basic law,
and chosen the internationally accepted practice of a referendum as
the only acceptable way to collectively adopt that basic law.
Azerbaijan claims that exercising a vote is an obstruction to the
peace process.
Just the opposite, at the core of the negotiations to reach a peaceful
resolution to the Nagorno Karabakh conflict is the right of the people
of Nagorno Karabakh for self-determination.
What really obstructs the process is the Azerbaijani overreaction to
Karabakh 's democratic activities, their refusal to engage Nagorno
Karabakh in peace talks, their repeated militaristic calls and their
persistent efforts to sidetrack the Minsk Group negotiations process.
For Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine to dismiss the democratic aspirations
of the people of Nagorno Karabakh and blame them for choosing to
behave democratically is counterproductive."