UN RESOLUTION: INDIA 'UPSET' BAKU
PanARMENIAN.Net
15.03.2008 14:52 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ "The Azerbaijani Embassy had been carrying out
strenuous work to dissuade India from voting against the resolution
on Nagorno Karabakh, or, at least, abstain, Azeri Ambassador to India
Tamerlan Karayev said.
"However, this country did not lend an ear to our arguments," he said.
"We were cherishing plans for cooperation.
Unfortunately, India spoiled everything. Presently, the Azerbaijani
Embassy in Delhi is waiting for MFA instructions. Afterwards, the
official position of Baku will be brought to notion of the Indian
side," he said.
"This move upset us and it will certainly affect the Azerbaijani-Indian
relations," he said, 1news.az reports.
On 14 March, with 39 votes in favor, 7 against and 100 abstentions
the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution on Nagorno Karabakh, in
which Azerbaijan called for the immediate, complete and unconditional
withdrawal of Armenian forces "from all the occupied territories of
the Republic of Azerbaijan."
In favor: Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Brunei
Darussalam, Cambodia, Colombia, Comoros, Djibouti, Gambia, Georgia,
Indonesia, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Libya, Malaysia, Maldives, Moldova,
Morocco, Myanmar, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia,
Senegal, Serbia, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Turkey, Tuvalu, Uganda,
Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Yemen.
Against: Angola, Armenia, France, India, Russian Federation, United
States, Vanuatu.
PanARMENIAN.Net
15.03.2008 14:52 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ "The Azerbaijani Embassy had been carrying out
strenuous work to dissuade India from voting against the resolution
on Nagorno Karabakh, or, at least, abstain, Azeri Ambassador to India
Tamerlan Karayev said.
"However, this country did not lend an ear to our arguments," he said.
"We were cherishing plans for cooperation.
Unfortunately, India spoiled everything. Presently, the Azerbaijani
Embassy in Delhi is waiting for MFA instructions. Afterwards, the
official position of Baku will be brought to notion of the Indian
side," he said.
"This move upset us and it will certainly affect the Azerbaijani-Indian
relations," he said, 1news.az reports.
On 14 March, with 39 votes in favor, 7 against and 100 abstentions
the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution on Nagorno Karabakh, in
which Azerbaijan called for the immediate, complete and unconditional
withdrawal of Armenian forces "from all the occupied territories of
the Republic of Azerbaijan."
In favor: Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Brunei
Darussalam, Cambodia, Colombia, Comoros, Djibouti, Gambia, Georgia,
Indonesia, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Libya, Malaysia, Maldives, Moldova,
Morocco, Myanmar, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia,
Senegal, Serbia, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Turkey, Tuvalu, Uganda,
Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Yemen.
Against: Angola, Armenia, France, India, Russian Federation, United
States, Vanuatu.