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AssA-Irada, Azerbaijan
June 23, 2010 Wednesday
ARMENIAN PRESIDENT CONCERNED OVER WAR THREATS
Armenian President Serzh Sarkisian has claimed Azerbaijans belligerent
rhetoric endangers the ongoing talks to settle the Upper (Nagorno)
Garabagh conflict. Azerbaijan is intimidating everyone by resolving
the Garabagh conflict by military means. This not only jeopardizes the
negotiations underway between Armenia and Azerbaijan but also raises a
question mark over stability in the region, Sarkisian said in a
meeting with Chancellor Angela Merkel in Germany on Tuesday. He also
touched upon the issue during his meeting with representatives of the
Armenian lobby in Germany. The Armenian government will not put pen to
any plan on a solution [of the conflict] that would not serve the
Armenians interests, Sarkisian said. The conflict between the two
South Caucasus republics reared up in the late 1980s due to Armenia's
territorial claims. Armenia has been occupying over 20 percent of
Azerbaijan's internationally-recognized territory since the early
1990s in defiance of international law. The ceasefire accord was
signed in 1994, but peace talks have been largely fruitless so far.
Sporadic clashes on the frontline continue.
From: A. Papazian
June 23, 2010 Wednesday
ARMENIAN PRESIDENT CONCERNED OVER WAR THREATS
Armenian President Serzh Sarkisian has claimed Azerbaijans belligerent
rhetoric endangers the ongoing talks to settle the Upper (Nagorno)
Garabagh conflict. Azerbaijan is intimidating everyone by resolving
the Garabagh conflict by military means. This not only jeopardizes the
negotiations underway between Armenia and Azerbaijan but also raises a
question mark over stability in the region, Sarkisian said in a
meeting with Chancellor Angela Merkel in Germany on Tuesday. He also
touched upon the issue during his meeting with representatives of the
Armenian lobby in Germany. The Armenian government will not put pen to
any plan on a solution [of the conflict] that would not serve the
Armenians interests, Sarkisian said. The conflict between the two
South Caucasus republics reared up in the late 1980s due to Armenia's
territorial claims. Armenia has been occupying over 20 percent of
Azerbaijan's internationally-recognized territory since the early
1990s in defiance of international law. The ceasefire accord was
signed in 1994, but peace talks have been largely fruitless so far.
Sporadic clashes on the frontline continue.
From: A. Papazian