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    HARD TIMES FOR AZERBAIJAN'S INITIATIVES, ARMENIAN MP SAYS

    news.am
    Nov 18 2010
    Armenia

    Azerbaijan will not be able to easily put on the agenda and adopt
    documents on Nagorno-Karabakh at NATO Parliamentary Assembly under the
    presidency of Karl Lamers. The Armenian delegation actively cooperated
    and will go on doing so with him, Head of the Armenian delegation to
    NATO PA Karen Avagyan told a press conference on Thursday, summing
    up results of NATO PA fall session in Warsaw, on November 12-16.

    As for Azerbaijan-initiated draft resolution on Nagorno-Karabakh,
    the consideration of which has been put off, Avagyan said both the
    Armenian delegation and Azerbaijani MPs insisted on it, reasoning
    their busy schedule during the campaign for parliamentary elections
    in Azerbaijan. "The leadership of Parliamentary Assembly offered to
    postpone consideration of the document. We hope this resolution will
    not be considered at NATO PA at all. Even if the document is placed on
    the agenda, the Armenian delegation is ready for debates and will bring
    their stance to the attention of Assembly deputies," Avagyan noted.

    Moreover, NATO PA is not actively involved in Karabakh peace process
    and at any opportunity refers to OSCE Minsk Group. Avagyan hailed
    positive that a principle for nations' right to self-determination is
    stressed along with a principle of territorial integrity during the
    recent discussions on Nagorno-Karabakh at international agencies. "It
    was not mentioned before," the MP underscored.

    In his turn member of the Armenian delegation, Head of Heritage
    parliamentary faction Stepan Safaryan stated Azerbaijani parliamentary
    elevations were discussed at one of NATO PA sessions. "The keynote of
    the discussions is the organization does not disclose true facts on
    Azerbaijani elections in the person of Azerbaijani parliamentarians ,
    not to lose further cooperation with them," Safaryan stressed. He
    drew a parallel with elections in Nagorno-Karabakh, recalling the
    MPs they were transparent and democratic In this regard, Armenian
    MPs offered Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights to
    send observers to NKR elections. "However, the answer was definite:
    it is impossible unless Nagorno-Karabakh is recognized. We should not
    give up and should raise the issue at other international instances,"
    Safaryan mentioned.

    He also empathized NATO Parliamentary Assembly adopted a resolution
    on Georgia, containing tough wordings on Russia and self-determined
    republics - Abkhazia and South Ossetia. Besides, Russia-NATO relations,
    situation in Afghanistan and preparations for NATO Summit in Lisbon
    were also canvassed.




    From: A. Papazian
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