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LEGAL RESOLUTION CONDEMNING AZERBAIJAN'S MILITARISM ADVISABLE, OFFICIAL YEREVAN STATES
news.am
Dec 7 2010
Armenia
Official Yerevan considers it advisable that the Armenian Parliament
adopt a legal resolution on Azerbaijan's responsibility for launching
hostilities in Nagorno-Karabakh, misrepresenting it and torpedoing
the negotiations process, RA Deputy FM Shavarsh Kocharyan told NEWS.am.
The Armenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs believes such a document
would be beneficial to the Nagorno-Karabakh peace process. "The
Government welcomed the document, and I presented it at a sitting
of the Foreign Affairs Committee," Sh. Kocharyan said. The author of
the bill, Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee, RA Parliament,
Armen Rustamyan said that the bill is on the small agenda and can be
submitted for discussions at any moment.
The Committee proposed that the Parliament Speaker put the bill on
the agenda. The document has been approved by the committee and is
on the big agenda now.
According to the document, Azerbaijan must be responsible for its
warlike statements, misrepresenting the essence of the Nagorno-Karabakh
conflict, disseminating hatred, refusing to accept its own crimes
and torpedoing the negotiations. Azerbaijan is trying to deceive
the international community. "Azerbaijan is trying to conceal the
fact that it launched the hostilities thereby placing the burden
of responsibility for the conflict on the Armenian side," says the
document.
Meanwhile, numerous documents proving Azerbaijan's responsibility
for the military operations are available. The document mentions the
Armenian massacres in Baku, Sumgait and Kirovabad. However, Azerbaijan
is trying to impose its own truth on different international agencies,
taking advantage of their poor awareness of the conflict. Azerbaijan
is thus preparing the grounds for further military operations and
justifying its position. The authors of the document underline the
necessity of informing the international community of the real essence
of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
The bill highlights the fact that Nagorno-Karabakh exercised its
right to independence in conformity with international standards. As
a result, two independent states - Azerbaijan and Nagorno-Karabakh
Republic - were formed after the USSR collapsed. "In response,
Azerbaijan launched ethnic cleansing in Baku, Sumbait and Kirovabad
and Shamkhor. But Azerbaijan did not stop at that, but involved
international terrorist forces and launched full-scale military
operations against Nagorno-Karabakh. As a result, over one million
people, regardless of their nationality, became refugees. Azerbaijan
is fully responsible for that," says the document. Also, says
the document, Azerbaijan is consistently torpedoing Stepanakert's
immediate involvement in the negotiations to prevent the resolution
of such issues as Nagorno-Karabakh's status and security guarantees.
Azerbaijan is also trying to avoid responsibility for the present
situation.
"Unconditional application of principles of peoples' equal right to
self-determination is a guarantee of a peaceful settlement of the
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and a guarantee against new hostilities,"
says the document.
From: A. Papazian
news.am
Dec 7 2010
Armenia
Official Yerevan considers it advisable that the Armenian Parliament
adopt a legal resolution on Azerbaijan's responsibility for launching
hostilities in Nagorno-Karabakh, misrepresenting it and torpedoing
the negotiations process, RA Deputy FM Shavarsh Kocharyan told NEWS.am.
The Armenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs believes such a document
would be beneficial to the Nagorno-Karabakh peace process. "The
Government welcomed the document, and I presented it at a sitting
of the Foreign Affairs Committee," Sh. Kocharyan said. The author of
the bill, Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee, RA Parliament,
Armen Rustamyan said that the bill is on the small agenda and can be
submitted for discussions at any moment.
The Committee proposed that the Parliament Speaker put the bill on
the agenda. The document has been approved by the committee and is
on the big agenda now.
According to the document, Azerbaijan must be responsible for its
warlike statements, misrepresenting the essence of the Nagorno-Karabakh
conflict, disseminating hatred, refusing to accept its own crimes
and torpedoing the negotiations. Azerbaijan is trying to deceive
the international community. "Azerbaijan is trying to conceal the
fact that it launched the hostilities thereby placing the burden
of responsibility for the conflict on the Armenian side," says the
document.
Meanwhile, numerous documents proving Azerbaijan's responsibility
for the military operations are available. The document mentions the
Armenian massacres in Baku, Sumgait and Kirovabad. However, Azerbaijan
is trying to impose its own truth on different international agencies,
taking advantage of their poor awareness of the conflict. Azerbaijan
is thus preparing the grounds for further military operations and
justifying its position. The authors of the document underline the
necessity of informing the international community of the real essence
of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
The bill highlights the fact that Nagorno-Karabakh exercised its
right to independence in conformity with international standards. As
a result, two independent states - Azerbaijan and Nagorno-Karabakh
Republic - were formed after the USSR collapsed. "In response,
Azerbaijan launched ethnic cleansing in Baku, Sumbait and Kirovabad
and Shamkhor. But Azerbaijan did not stop at that, but involved
international terrorist forces and launched full-scale military
operations against Nagorno-Karabakh. As a result, over one million
people, regardless of their nationality, became refugees. Azerbaijan
is fully responsible for that," says the document. Also, says
the document, Azerbaijan is consistently torpedoing Stepanakert's
immediate involvement in the negotiations to prevent the resolution
of such issues as Nagorno-Karabakh's status and security guarantees.
Azerbaijan is also trying to avoid responsibility for the present
situation.
"Unconditional application of principles of peoples' equal right to
self-determination is a guarantee of a peaceful settlement of the
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and a guarantee against new hostilities,"
says the document.
From: A. Papazian