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ARMENIAN PRESIDENT DOESN'T BELIEVE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TIRED OF KARABAKH ISSUE
PanARMENIAN.Net
June 23, 2011
PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan commented on
Deauville statement of the presidents of the United States, France and
Russia who said the situation in Karabakh was no longer acceptable,
which might mean that international mediators are getting tired of
the deadlock.
In an interview with Euronews, President Sargyan said, "I don't
think the international community is tired of Karabakh issue. The
international community has called on Armenia, Karabakh and Azerbaijan
to give a definitive answer on whether or not we are ready to move
towards a solution based on principled voiced. We have been told to
answer "yes" or "no" without delay. This is the question we have to
answer in Kazan."
Commenting on the possibility of progress in Kazan, considering
that to Armenia the self-determination for Nagorno Karabakh is
a prerequisite to negotiate a deal, while Azerbaijan rejects this
condition, the President noted, "In that case Azerbaijan should declare
that it is against one or two of the basic principles. Or else, the
international community must announce that it does not recognise the
right to self-determination.
The second scenario will mean the progress of recent decades will
be lost. Because if the right to self-determination is not feasible,
how was it possible to create ten new states based on that right. I
might cite Kosovo as an example.
I also recall that there was another region of Azerbaijan populated
by Armenians, the autonomous Republic of Nakhichevan, but there are
no longer any Armenians living there, as the region was cleansed of
Armenians in Soviet epoch."
The Presidents of Armenia, Azerbaijan and Russia - Serzh Sargsyan,
Ilham Aliyev and Dmitry Medvedev - are slated to meet on June 25 in
the Russian city of Kazan, the next in a series of trilateral meetings
on the Karabakh conflict settlement.
There are certain expectations with respect to the meeting, taking
into consideration the Deauville statement adopted by the leaders
of the OSCE Minsk Group co-chair countries, who said "the time has
arrived for all the sides to the Nagorno Karabakh conflict to take
a decisive step towards a peaceful settlement. Further delay [in the
settlement] would only call into question the commitment of the sides
to reach an agreement."
From: Baghdasarian
PanARMENIAN.Net
June 23, 2011
PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan commented on
Deauville statement of the presidents of the United States, France and
Russia who said the situation in Karabakh was no longer acceptable,
which might mean that international mediators are getting tired of
the deadlock.
In an interview with Euronews, President Sargyan said, "I don't
think the international community is tired of Karabakh issue. The
international community has called on Armenia, Karabakh and Azerbaijan
to give a definitive answer on whether or not we are ready to move
towards a solution based on principled voiced. We have been told to
answer "yes" or "no" without delay. This is the question we have to
answer in Kazan."
Commenting on the possibility of progress in Kazan, considering
that to Armenia the self-determination for Nagorno Karabakh is
a prerequisite to negotiate a deal, while Azerbaijan rejects this
condition, the President noted, "In that case Azerbaijan should declare
that it is against one or two of the basic principles. Or else, the
international community must announce that it does not recognise the
right to self-determination.
The second scenario will mean the progress of recent decades will
be lost. Because if the right to self-determination is not feasible,
how was it possible to create ten new states based on that right. I
might cite Kosovo as an example.
I also recall that there was another region of Azerbaijan populated
by Armenians, the autonomous Republic of Nakhichevan, but there are
no longer any Armenians living there, as the region was cleansed of
Armenians in Soviet epoch."
The Presidents of Armenia, Azerbaijan and Russia - Serzh Sargsyan,
Ilham Aliyev and Dmitry Medvedev - are slated to meet on June 25 in
the Russian city of Kazan, the next in a series of trilateral meetings
on the Karabakh conflict settlement.
There are certain expectations with respect to the meeting, taking
into consideration the Deauville statement adopted by the leaders
of the OSCE Minsk Group co-chair countries, who said "the time has
arrived for all the sides to the Nagorno Karabakh conflict to take
a decisive step towards a peaceful settlement. Further delay [in the
settlement] would only call into question the commitment of the sides
to reach an agreement."
From: Baghdasarian