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AMBASSADOR OF BELARUS: WE ARE FOR PEACEFUL RESOLUTION OF THE KARABAKH CONFLICT ON THE BASIS OF THE THREE BASIC PRINCIPLES
ArmInfo
2010-10-06 12:40:00
ArmInfo. Belarus is for peaceful resolution of the Karabakh conflict
on the basis of the three basic principles: the peoples' right to
self-determination, territorial integrity and non-use of force,
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belarus to Armenia
Stepan Sukhorenko said in an interview with ArmInfo.
"Thus, Belarus does not support any of the parties to the Karabakh
conflict unlike certain speculations on the given topic. In addition,
we see no alternative to the format of the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs,"
he said.
As for Turkey's aspirations for the OSCE MG co-chairmanship,
Ambassador Sukhorenko believes that it will be possible only in case
of coordinating the positions of the co-chair-states and reckoning
with the desire of the parties to the conflict.
The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict broke out on February 28 1988 in the
Azerbaijani Sumgait with massacre of Armenians as a peculiar response
of Azerbaijanis to the peaceful demand of the Nagorno-Karabakh
autonomous Region, part of the Azerbaijani SSR, to unite with the
Armenian SSR. This resulted in other pogroms of Armenians in Baku,
Kirovabad and other regions of Azerbaijan populated with Armenians. In
1991 Azerbaijan unleashed war against peaceful populations of
Nagorno-Karabakh, expulsing ethnic Armenians from the territory of
Azerbaijan. Dozens of thousands of peaceful residents on both parties
were killed in the military actions, and hundreds of thousands were
left homeless and have become refugees. In 1994 in Bishkek in mediation
of the OSCE MG, the NKR, Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a Protocol on
Ceasefire that is observed more or less so far.
From: A. Papazian
ArmInfo
2010-10-06 12:40:00
ArmInfo. Belarus is for peaceful resolution of the Karabakh conflict
on the basis of the three basic principles: the peoples' right to
self-determination, territorial integrity and non-use of force,
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belarus to Armenia
Stepan Sukhorenko said in an interview with ArmInfo.
"Thus, Belarus does not support any of the parties to the Karabakh
conflict unlike certain speculations on the given topic. In addition,
we see no alternative to the format of the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs,"
he said.
As for Turkey's aspirations for the OSCE MG co-chairmanship,
Ambassador Sukhorenko believes that it will be possible only in case
of coordinating the positions of the co-chair-states and reckoning
with the desire of the parties to the conflict.
The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict broke out on February 28 1988 in the
Azerbaijani Sumgait with massacre of Armenians as a peculiar response
of Azerbaijanis to the peaceful demand of the Nagorno-Karabakh
autonomous Region, part of the Azerbaijani SSR, to unite with the
Armenian SSR. This resulted in other pogroms of Armenians in Baku,
Kirovabad and other regions of Azerbaijan populated with Armenians. In
1991 Azerbaijan unleashed war against peaceful populations of
Nagorno-Karabakh, expulsing ethnic Armenians from the territory of
Azerbaijan. Dozens of thousands of peaceful residents on both parties
were killed in the military actions, and hundreds of thousands were
left homeless and have become refugees. In 1994 in Bishkek in mediation
of the OSCE MG, the NKR, Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a Protocol on
Ceasefire that is observed more or less so far.
From: A. Papazian