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AZERBAIJAN BACKS OUT ON KARABAKH RESOLUTION
Giorgi Lomsadze
EurasiaNet
Sept 10 2010
NY
Tamada TalesArmenia Foreign PolicyAzerbaijan Foreign PolicyNagorno
Karabakh In a surprise mood swing, Azerbaijan has yanked from the
United Nations General Assembly floor a draft resolution meant
to reaffirm the right of displaced Azerbaijanis to return to the
breakaway region of Nagorno Karabakh and its vicinity.
The disputed region's main supporter, Armenia, was quick to thank the
three Karabakh conflict-mediating powers - the US, France and Russia -
for talking Azerbaijan out of pushing the divisive resolution through
the UN.
Several days earlier, Armenia and Azerbaijan's neighbor, Georgia,
secured UN support for a similar resolution that called for the return
of ethnic Georgians expelled by separatists from the disputed Abkhaz
and South Ossetian territories.
Baku said it decided to postpone discussion of the resolution in
response to the trio's intention to field an international fact-finding
mission to the territory, now occupied by Armenian troops. Armenia,
in turn, responded that the Azerbaijani explanation holds no water
since the mission was agreed months ago.
The US, French and Russian chairpersons of the Minsk Group, the
Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe body tasked
with mediating the talks, will lead the expedition to inspect the
humanitarian situation in areas that border Karabakh.
From: A. Papazian
Giorgi Lomsadze
EurasiaNet
Sept 10 2010
NY
Tamada TalesArmenia Foreign PolicyAzerbaijan Foreign PolicyNagorno
Karabakh In a surprise mood swing, Azerbaijan has yanked from the
United Nations General Assembly floor a draft resolution meant
to reaffirm the right of displaced Azerbaijanis to return to the
breakaway region of Nagorno Karabakh and its vicinity.
The disputed region's main supporter, Armenia, was quick to thank the
three Karabakh conflict-mediating powers - the US, France and Russia -
for talking Azerbaijan out of pushing the divisive resolution through
the UN.
Several days earlier, Armenia and Azerbaijan's neighbor, Georgia,
secured UN support for a similar resolution that called for the return
of ethnic Georgians expelled by separatists from the disputed Abkhaz
and South Ossetian territories.
Baku said it decided to postpone discussion of the resolution in
response to the trio's intention to field an international fact-finding
mission to the territory, now occupied by Armenian troops. Armenia,
in turn, responded that the Azerbaijani explanation holds no water
since the mission was agreed months ago.
The US, French and Russian chairpersons of the Minsk Group, the
Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe body tasked
with mediating the talks, will lead the expedition to inspect the
humanitarian situation in areas that border Karabakh.
From: A. Papazian