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    OSKANIAN: ONE MAY NOT DEPRIVE PEOPLES OF SELF-DETERMINATION RIGHT, SIMPLY COMING OUT OF POLITICAL APPROPRIATENESS

    Noyan Tapan News Agency, Armenia
    Sept 25 2006

    YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 25, NOYAN TAPAN. RA Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian
    participated on September 22-23 in the 10th Bertelsmann forum held
    in Berlin.

    As Noyan Tapan was informed by the RA Foreign Ministry's Press and
    Information Department, Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel, Prime
    Minister of France Dominique de Villepin, EU Commission Chairman Jose
    Manuel Barroso and Prime Minister of Belgium Guy Verhofstadt made
    opening speeches as the "Europe's Strategic Responses" international
    conference. The conference at which more that 100 politicians were
    present, including former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Germany
    Hans-Dietrich Genscher and former U.S. Secretary of State Henry
    Kissinger, was dedicated to prospects of the "Europe's Strategic
    Responses."

    Minister Oskanian participated in a discussion on the theme
    "The Balkans - The Black Sea: Litmus Test for Europe", in which
    the Presidents of Bulgaria, Romania and Azerbaijan and the Prime
    Minister of Montenegro participated as well. During the discussion
    Minister Oskanian affirmed that an effective implementation of the
    EU New Neighborhood Policy, practical approach to conflicts and
    completeness and functioning of the Black Sea region are a litmus
    test of the region for Europe.

    During an active discussion on the Kosovo issue, Minister Oskanian
    warned that one may not deprive people of the self-determination
    right, simply coming out of political appropriateness. "If the world
    was led by a fear of creating new precedents, a half of the world
    states would not exist. At the same time clear standards must be the
    main principles of which the issue will be if the state has a moral
    authority of existence," V.Oskanian mentioned.
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