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TRANSFERRING KARABAKH ISSUE TO UN UNACCEPTABLE TO ARMENIA
PanARMENIAN.Net
14.09.2006 15:54 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Armenia accepts and respects the right of each
country to present a question or an agenda item at the UN, stated
acting Spokesperson for the Armenian MFA Vladimir Karapetyan, when
commenting on inclusion of the issue of protracted conflicts in GUAM
states in the UN GA session agenda. "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 the 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," Karapetyan noted. On the other hand, he
underscored that if Azerbaijan's purpose is to delay and postpone the
settlement process of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict 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," the Spokesperson said, reports the MFA Press Office.
PanARMENIAN.Net
14.09.2006 15:54 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Armenia accepts and respects the right of each
country to present a question or an agenda item at the UN, stated
acting Spokesperson for the Armenian MFA Vladimir Karapetyan, when
commenting on inclusion of the issue of protracted conflicts in GUAM
states in the UN GA session agenda. "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 the 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," Karapetyan noted. On the other hand, he
underscored that if Azerbaijan's purpose is to delay and postpone the
settlement process of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict 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," the Spokesperson said, reports the MFA Press Office.