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Interfax, Russia
June 23 2010
Armenian leader frustrated by intl community's unclear position ...
The international community's unclear position on incidents relating
to the conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh hampers its resolution, Armenian
President Serzh Sargsyan said.
"Progress in the process is often hindered by an unclear position of
many structures, including European ones, and their fear that, if they
try to say bluntly who is to blame, this could shatter the negotiating
process," Sargsyan said at the Konrad Adenauer Foundation in Germany
on Tuesday.
"The whole world knows that the Azeris attacked, and what? The OSCE
Minsk Group co-chairs and the EU special representative for the South
Caucasus are making general judgments and calling on the parties not
to yield to provocations. Who are these parties? Let me ask you who in
particular is to blame for the incident?" Sargsyan said referring to a
recent armed clash in Nagorno-Karabakh.
According to Armenia's account, an Azeri reconnaissance team appeared
on the outskirts of the village of Chailu in the self-proclaimed
Nagorno- Karabakh republic and engaged in a close combat with Armenian
sentries late in the evening on June 18. Four Armenian and one Azeri
soldiers were reportedly killed in the clash.
The OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs described the incident as unacceptable
and called on the parties to refrain from using force.
Armenian media also quoted Sargsyan as recalling that a tripartite
armistice agreement had been signed between Azerbaijan, Nagorno-
Karabakh, and Armenia at Baku's proposal and with Russia's mediation
in 1994.
"That is, we also have legal grounds not to violate the ceasefire, but
it is being violated. This incident, which occurred several hours
following my meeting with the president of Azerbaijan with Russian
President Dmitry Medvedev's mediation, was intolerable. This was a
direct challenge to the Minsk Group, to Russia, and, of course, to
you," Sargsyan said.
From: A. Papazian
June 23 2010
Armenian leader frustrated by intl community's unclear position ...
The international community's unclear position on incidents relating
to the conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh hampers its resolution, Armenian
President Serzh Sargsyan said.
"Progress in the process is often hindered by an unclear position of
many structures, including European ones, and their fear that, if they
try to say bluntly who is to blame, this could shatter the negotiating
process," Sargsyan said at the Konrad Adenauer Foundation in Germany
on Tuesday.
"The whole world knows that the Azeris attacked, and what? The OSCE
Minsk Group co-chairs and the EU special representative for the South
Caucasus are making general judgments and calling on the parties not
to yield to provocations. Who are these parties? Let me ask you who in
particular is to blame for the incident?" Sargsyan said referring to a
recent armed clash in Nagorno-Karabakh.
According to Armenia's account, an Azeri reconnaissance team appeared
on the outskirts of the village of Chailu in the self-proclaimed
Nagorno- Karabakh republic and engaged in a close combat with Armenian
sentries late in the evening on June 18. Four Armenian and one Azeri
soldiers were reportedly killed in the clash.
The OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs described the incident as unacceptable
and called on the parties to refrain from using force.
Armenian media also quoted Sargsyan as recalling that a tripartite
armistice agreement had been signed between Azerbaijan, Nagorno-
Karabakh, and Armenia at Baku's proposal and with Russia's mediation
in 1994.
"That is, we also have legal grounds not to violate the ceasefire, but
it is being violated. This incident, which occurred several hours
following my meeting with the president of Azerbaijan with Russian
President Dmitry Medvedev's mediation, was intolerable. This was a
direct challenge to the Minsk Group, to Russia, and, of course, to
you," Sargsyan said.
From: A. Papazian