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USA AIMING TO DEPLOY NATO FORCES IN KARABAKH - ARMENIAN OPPOSITION LEADER
Arminfo
28 Jun 06
Yerevan, 28 June: A recent statement by the US co-chairman of the
OSCE Minsk Group, Matthew Bryza, testifies that a settlement of the
Nagornyy Karabakh conflict has already been clearly outlined, and
the Armenian side has agreed to this, the leader of the Democratic
Party of Armenia [DPA], Aram Sarkisyan, told a news conference today.
By using the Karabakh issue, the USA is trying to pursue its own
interests in the region, particularly, to deploy NATO peacekeeping
forces in the conflict zone which will in fact turn Armenia into
Iran's enemy, he said. Sarkisyan believes that if the deployment of
the peacekeepers in the region will be solved, Russia will also lay
a claim for the deployment of its own forces in the conflict zone. At
the same time, the DPA leader considers inadmissible the deployment of
the peacekeepers in the conflict zone regardless of what organization
or country they will represent.
He believes that the deployment of peacekeepers in the Karabakh
conflict zone will undermine a balance and destabilize the situation
in the region. Sarkisyan said that the US policy was a continuation
of NATO's policy in the region. "NATO has also started to use the
language of an ultimatum applied by the US authorities with regard
to the Armenian leadership. For example, during a recent visit of a
delegation of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly to Armenia, members of
the delegation asked Armenian MPs following questions: who Armenia
is today with - NATO or Russia; what is the essence of complimentary
foreign policy conducted by Armenia?" Sarkisyan said.
The members of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly's delegation said that
if Armenia wants the integration into the EU, it should realize
that the path to the EU is via NATO, he said. They said that
it is impossible to be simultaneously involved both in NATO and
another military organization, he added. "Now the newly-appointed
US co-chairman of the OSCE Minsk Group, Matthew Bryza, continues
this language of an ultimatum. Bryza's utterances [on the Karabakh
settlement scenario] testifies that the USA is fed up with the current
Armenian and Azerbaijani leadership, and by using the Karabakh issue,
they want to exert pressure on them," Sarkisyan said.
[Passage omitted: criticism of the Armenian authorities]
Arminfo
28 Jun 06
Yerevan, 28 June: A recent statement by the US co-chairman of the
OSCE Minsk Group, Matthew Bryza, testifies that a settlement of the
Nagornyy Karabakh conflict has already been clearly outlined, and
the Armenian side has agreed to this, the leader of the Democratic
Party of Armenia [DPA], Aram Sarkisyan, told a news conference today.
By using the Karabakh issue, the USA is trying to pursue its own
interests in the region, particularly, to deploy NATO peacekeeping
forces in the conflict zone which will in fact turn Armenia into
Iran's enemy, he said. Sarkisyan believes that if the deployment of
the peacekeepers in the region will be solved, Russia will also lay
a claim for the deployment of its own forces in the conflict zone. At
the same time, the DPA leader considers inadmissible the deployment of
the peacekeepers in the conflict zone regardless of what organization
or country they will represent.
He believes that the deployment of peacekeepers in the Karabakh
conflict zone will undermine a balance and destabilize the situation
in the region. Sarkisyan said that the US policy was a continuation
of NATO's policy in the region. "NATO has also started to use the
language of an ultimatum applied by the US authorities with regard
to the Armenian leadership. For example, during a recent visit of a
delegation of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly to Armenia, members of
the delegation asked Armenian MPs following questions: who Armenia
is today with - NATO or Russia; what is the essence of complimentary
foreign policy conducted by Armenia?" Sarkisyan said.
The members of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly's delegation said that
if Armenia wants the integration into the EU, it should realize
that the path to the EU is via NATO, he said. They said that
it is impossible to be simultaneously involved both in NATO and
another military organization, he added. "Now the newly-appointed
US co-chairman of the OSCE Minsk Group, Matthew Bryza, continues
this language of an ultimatum. Bryza's utterances [on the Karabakh
settlement scenario] testifies that the USA is fed up with the current
Armenian and Azerbaijani leadership, and by using the Karabakh issue,
they want to exert pressure on them," Sarkisyan said.
[Passage omitted: criticism of the Armenian authorities]