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    news.am, Armenia
    Oct 30 2010


    NATO resolution means of pressure on two Presidents


    October 30, 2010 | 17:45

    The planned discussion of a resolution on Nagorno-Karabakh at the NATO
    Summit in Warsaw, Nov. 12-16, is aimed at exerting pressure on Armenia
    and Azerbaijan before the OSCE conference scheduled for this December,
    Stepan Safaryan, a member of the Heritage faction, RA Parliament, told
    NEWS.am.

    According to him, the document can by no means be called a
    pro-Armenian one. `The resolution contains a phrase on a conflict over
    Nagorno-Karabakh's status and occupation of seven regions surrounding
    Nagorno-Karabakh. It means that Armenia will be pressed to return the
    so-called occupied regions, whereas Azerbaijan will be pressed to
    recognize Nagorno-Karabakh status. The resolution is a means of
    exerting pressure on the two Presidents,' Safaryan said.

    According to him, the OSCE is concerned that the Nagorno-Karabakh
    peace process may get out of the OSCE Minsk Group format for the
    following two reasons: a threat of war issued by Azerbaijan and
    Russia's desire for a process that would go on in parallel with the
    present one. As a result, the resolution contains numerous calls to
    the Governments and Parliaments of NATO members for their assistance
    to the OSCE Minsk Group as an international agency within which the
    Nagorno-Karabakh process is going on, as well as for supporting the
    conflicting parties in their effort to reach a peaceful settlement.

    `If, according to the Armenian authorities, the resolution has no
    binding force, but an advisory one, why is the Armenian side preparing
    proposals concerning it? The Armenian Delegation to NATO must meet and
    decide on what specific proposals have to be prepared,' Safaryan said.
    He has his own proposals as well. The resolution must contain serious
    assessments of Azerbaijan's actions. `If NATO admits the need for
    assistance to the OSCE Minsk Group in the Nagorno-Karabakh peace
    process, they are supposed to understand the cause. The cause is the
    situation that has developed because of Azerbaijan. There must be
    assessments of Azerbaijan's actions, which pose a threat to regional
    peace and diminish the OSCE Minsk Group's role in the Nagorno-Karabakh
    peace process,' Safaryan said.

    At its 56th summit in Warsaw on Nov. 12-16, NATO is to discuss a
    resolution on Nagorno-Karabakh. The resolution was drafted by Anita
    Raynell Andreychuk (Canada). The vote is scheduled for November 14.




    From: A. Papazian
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