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    MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF THE REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA
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    PRESS AND INFORMATION DEPARTMENT
    Government House # 2, Republic Square
    Yerevan 0010, Republic of Armenia
    Telephone: +37410. 544041 ext 202
    Fax: +37410. 562543
    Email: [email protected]
    www.armeniaforeignministry.am

    INFORM ATION FOR JOURNALISTS

    14-09-2006



    Vladimir Karapetian, Acting Head of Press and Information Department,
    Responds to 'Armenpress' News Agency


    Question: How does Armenia assess yesterday's initiative by GUAM, and the
    vote that followed, to place protracted conflicts on the agenda of the UN
    General Assembly?

    Answer: Armenia accepts and respects the right of each country to present a
    question or an agenda item at the UN. Although this particular item has
    reached the General Assembly Agenda according to UN procedures, however the
    fact that the UN General Committee rejected this initiative and that the
    item passed into the General Assembly with a mere 16 in favor, 15 against,
    clearly indicates the mood of the international community.

    The initiative has been presented by GUAM, of which Azerbaijan is a part.
    The fact that Azerbaijan has presented such an initiative in such a forum is
    evidence again that Azerbaijan is backing down from the right of
    self-determination identified in the last version of the negotiating
    document that the Co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group have put on the table,
    as well as from discussions surrounding the right of Nagorno Karabakh to
    determine its status through a referendum.

    On the other hand, if Azerbaijan's purpose is to delay and postpone the
    settlement process within the OSCE framework with the intention of later
    transferring that process to other forums, that is categorically
    unacceptable for Armenia. In that case, Azerbaijan must sit around the
    negotiating table with Nagorno Karabakh.
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