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AZERBAIJANI DIPLOMAT: ARMENIAN SEPARATIST LEADER'S VISIT TO LEBANON IS OF PRIVATE NATURE
Today
http://www.today.az/news/politics/72561.html
Aug 24 2010
Azerbaijan
During a visit to Lebanon, a group of Armenian separatists headed by
self-proclaimed Nagorno-Karabakh Republic Head Bako Saakyan did not
hold any meetings with the Lebanese official circles, Azerbaijani
Honorary Consul in Beirut Nazih Gassub said.
The delegation led by Saakyan held meetings with the Armenian
communities in the Lebanese village of Anchar, which is populated
mainly by Armenians and representatives of the Armenian Church,
Gassub added.
Earlier, Armenian media reported that Saakyan and his delegation met
with Lebanese ministers, deputies and heads of local self-government
of Armenian descent, as well as the Catholicos of Cilicia Aram I.
However, Gassub refuted the information about the official meetings
of Saakyan and his delegation with the Lebanese side, referring to
the Lebanese authorities' response to the official request of the
Azerbaijani side.
Regarding Armenia's information about presence of the official
representation of the so-called Nagorno-Karabakh Republic in Beirut,
Gassub said that there is no agency, both private and official,
which would named Karabakh and represented the self-proclaimed
Nagorno-Karabakh Republic in Lebanon.
"Lebanon officially recognizes the Nagorno-Karabakh as part of
Azerbaijan's territory," Gassub said.
The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988
when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Armenian
armed forces have occupied 20 percent of Azerbaijan since 1992,
including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and 7 surrounding districts.
Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a ceasefire agreement in 1994. The
co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group - Russia, France, and the U.S. -
are currently holding the peace negotiations.
Armenia has not yet implemented the U.N. Security Council's four
resolutions on the liberation of the Nagorno-Karabakh region and the
occupied territories.
From: A. Papazian
Today
http://www.today.az/news/politics/72561.html
Aug 24 2010
Azerbaijan
During a visit to Lebanon, a group of Armenian separatists headed by
self-proclaimed Nagorno-Karabakh Republic Head Bako Saakyan did not
hold any meetings with the Lebanese official circles, Azerbaijani
Honorary Consul in Beirut Nazih Gassub said.
The delegation led by Saakyan held meetings with the Armenian
communities in the Lebanese village of Anchar, which is populated
mainly by Armenians and representatives of the Armenian Church,
Gassub added.
Earlier, Armenian media reported that Saakyan and his delegation met
with Lebanese ministers, deputies and heads of local self-government
of Armenian descent, as well as the Catholicos of Cilicia Aram I.
However, Gassub refuted the information about the official meetings
of Saakyan and his delegation with the Lebanese side, referring to
the Lebanese authorities' response to the official request of the
Azerbaijani side.
Regarding Armenia's information about presence of the official
representation of the so-called Nagorno-Karabakh Republic in Beirut,
Gassub said that there is no agency, both private and official,
which would named Karabakh and represented the self-proclaimed
Nagorno-Karabakh Republic in Lebanon.
"Lebanon officially recognizes the Nagorno-Karabakh as part of
Azerbaijan's territory," Gassub said.
The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988
when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Armenian
armed forces have occupied 20 percent of Azerbaijan since 1992,
including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and 7 surrounding districts.
Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a ceasefire agreement in 1994. The
co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group - Russia, France, and the U.S. -
are currently holding the peace negotiations.
Armenia has not yet implemented the U.N. Security Council's four
resolutions on the liberation of the Nagorno-Karabakh region and the
occupied territories.
From: A. Papazian