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ARMENIA SAYS BALL ON AZERBAIJAN'S COURT
by Armen Hareyan
HULIQ.com
July 22 2010
SC
The president of Armenia today said that his country has accepted
the proposals made in St. Peteresburg and is waiting for Azerbaijan
to express its position on the St. Peteresburg proposals on how to
solve the Nagorno Karabakh conflict.
Speaking in a youth camp on the shores of Lake Sevan president Serzh
Sargsyan said that during the meeting in St. Peteresburgh Armenia and
Azerbaijan had to express their positions if they want to continue the
negotiations based on the new proposals. He told the youth movement
Miasin (Together) and a large group of young Armenians visiting from
the diaspora that Armenia's position is that the proposals made in St.
Peteresburg give a good base to continue the negotiations with
Azerbaijan.
"If Azerbaijan says that it accepts the Minks group principles then
the negotiations will continue, if no, then other avenues will be
chosen. Yes, the negotiations are continuing. There are the latest
proposals that have been made in St. Peteresburg. We say that that
document gives an opportunity to continue the negotiations. Let's
see what Azerbaijan says," said president Sargsyan answering to one
of the questions raise by one of the young people.
He also reminded that the conflict resolution should be based on
three principles: territorial integrity, self-determination right
and non-use of force.
Indeed the ball is on Azerbaijan's court and it's up to Azeri
leadership to make the next step. What is interesting here is the
level of constructiveness that president Sargsyan demonstrated today.
He spoke about all three principles including the territorial
integrity. The problem is when the president or the foreign minister
of Azerbaijan speak, they only speak about the territorial integrity.
Azerbaijan never talks about the principle of non-use of force and
hardly mentions the principle of people's right of self-determination.
When it comes to non-use of force by Azerbaijan, forget it. Almost
every week one can read about the threat of use of force if Nagorno
Karabakh does not withdraw its troops from liberated territories. When
it comes to self-determination, Azerbaijan talks about it more like
granting, rather than respecting that right. They only talk about
it in their own terms: self-determination within the territorial
boundaries of Azerbaijan. What self determination is it anymore?
Thus, it's Azerbaijan's turn. Can its president Mr. Ilham Aliyev
talk about Nagorno Karabakh people's right of self-determination and
non-use of force as openly and democratically as the president of
Armenia mentioned all three principles together? Let's wait and see.
From: A. Papazian
by Armen Hareyan
HULIQ.com
July 22 2010
SC
The president of Armenia today said that his country has accepted
the proposals made in St. Peteresburg and is waiting for Azerbaijan
to express its position on the St. Peteresburg proposals on how to
solve the Nagorno Karabakh conflict.
Speaking in a youth camp on the shores of Lake Sevan president Serzh
Sargsyan said that during the meeting in St. Peteresburgh Armenia and
Azerbaijan had to express their positions if they want to continue the
negotiations based on the new proposals. He told the youth movement
Miasin (Together) and a large group of young Armenians visiting from
the diaspora that Armenia's position is that the proposals made in St.
Peteresburg give a good base to continue the negotiations with
Azerbaijan.
"If Azerbaijan says that it accepts the Minks group principles then
the negotiations will continue, if no, then other avenues will be
chosen. Yes, the negotiations are continuing. There are the latest
proposals that have been made in St. Peteresburg. We say that that
document gives an opportunity to continue the negotiations. Let's
see what Azerbaijan says," said president Sargsyan answering to one
of the questions raise by one of the young people.
He also reminded that the conflict resolution should be based on
three principles: territorial integrity, self-determination right
and non-use of force.
Indeed the ball is on Azerbaijan's court and it's up to Azeri
leadership to make the next step. What is interesting here is the
level of constructiveness that president Sargsyan demonstrated today.
He spoke about all three principles including the territorial
integrity. The problem is when the president or the foreign minister
of Azerbaijan speak, they only speak about the territorial integrity.
Azerbaijan never talks about the principle of non-use of force and
hardly mentions the principle of people's right of self-determination.
When it comes to non-use of force by Azerbaijan, forget it. Almost
every week one can read about the threat of use of force if Nagorno
Karabakh does not withdraw its troops from liberated territories. When
it comes to self-determination, Azerbaijan talks about it more like
granting, rather than respecting that right. They only talk about
it in their own terms: self-determination within the territorial
boundaries of Azerbaijan. What self determination is it anymore?
Thus, it's Azerbaijan's turn. Can its president Mr. Ilham Aliyev
talk about Nagorno Karabakh people's right of self-determination and
non-use of force as openly and democratically as the president of
Armenia mentioned all three principles together? Let's wait and see.
From: A. Papazian