Tweet
Joint Azeri-Turkish resolutions turned down
10.07.2006 14:35
YEREVAN (YERKIR) - At the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of
Europe (PACE) summer session, the Armenian delegation has succeeded
to ensure the support of big powers in turning down proposals put
forward by the Azerbaijani and Turkish delegations, Vahan Hovhannisian,
head of the Armenian delegation to the PACE and National Assembly
vice speaker, told a news conference Monday. Meanwhile, Hovhannisian
said, resolutions favorable for Armenia and Nagorno Karabakh have
been passed.
"This time our cooperation with big powers was successful, I mean, the
US, Canada, France and Russia," Hovhannisian said. "Most importantly,
we succeeded in including a provision of self-determination right
in the PACE resolutions based on the results of the Montenegro
referendum."
He noted that the adoption of those resolutions demonstrated a precise
balance between the rights to self-determination and territorial
integrity. Hovhannisian said the resolutions caused a fury of the Azeri
delegation. Azeri and Georgian delegations have tried to counter those
resolutions by two others that would put disputed territories under
the control of states they formerly belonged but both resolutions,
backed by Turkey, were turned down, Hovhannisian added.
In conclusion, Hovhannisian mentioned that most Council of Europe
countries have a vague understanding how the Nagorno Karbakh conflict
is to be settled but they realize which side is ready for compromises
and which one is not.
10.07.2006 14:35
YEREVAN (YERKIR) - At the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of
Europe (PACE) summer session, the Armenian delegation has succeeded
to ensure the support of big powers in turning down proposals put
forward by the Azerbaijani and Turkish delegations, Vahan Hovhannisian,
head of the Armenian delegation to the PACE and National Assembly
vice speaker, told a news conference Monday. Meanwhile, Hovhannisian
said, resolutions favorable for Armenia and Nagorno Karabakh have
been passed.
"This time our cooperation with big powers was successful, I mean, the
US, Canada, France and Russia," Hovhannisian said. "Most importantly,
we succeeded in including a provision of self-determination right
in the PACE resolutions based on the results of the Montenegro
referendum."
He noted that the adoption of those resolutions demonstrated a precise
balance between the rights to self-determination and territorial
integrity. Hovhannisian said the resolutions caused a fury of the Azeri
delegation. Azeri and Georgian delegations have tried to counter those
resolutions by two others that would put disputed territories under
the control of states they formerly belonged but both resolutions,
backed by Turkey, were turned down, Hovhannisian added.
In conclusion, Hovhannisian mentioned that most Council of Europe
countries have a vague understanding how the Nagorno Karbakh conflict
is to be settled but they realize which side is ready for compromises
and which one is not.