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YEREVAN NOT TROUBLED BY AZERI SEAT ON UN SECURITY COUNCIL
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Thursday, November 3rd, 2011
Foreign Minister Eduard Nalbandian
YEREVAN-Official Yerevan in not troubled by a recent vote granting
Azerbaijan a non-permanent seat on the United States Security Council,
said Foreign Minister Nalbandian while answering questions at the
National Assembly Thursday. He said Armenian will continue its
policy on the Karabakh conflict resolution process without "nervous
convulsions."
According to an official read out of the minister's Q&A session
at parliament, Nalbandian also said the leaders of the co-chairing
countries of the OSCE Minsk Group-France, Russia and the US-who are
permanent members of the UN Security Council have ruled out any UN
involvement in the Karabakh peace process.
He pointed to three consecutive announcements, the latest of which
came after the Kazan, Russia meeting in June, where presidents Barack
Obama, Nicolas Sarkozy and Dmitry Medvedev reiterated that the Karabakh
peace process could only be resolved under the auspices of the OSCE
Minsk Group.
Nalbandian was referring to statements emanating from Baku that now
that Azerbaijan hold a seat on the Security Council the aim is to
move the Karabakh peace process to the United Nations.
"I think there is concrete response given to this and there is
no need to get emotional over statements coming from Azerbaijan,"
said Nalbandian.
Citing announcements from the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairmen regarding
the current state of the Karabakh peace process, Nalbandian said that
Azerbaijan has backed itself into a corner given the statements by the
international community, which correlate with the policies of Armenia.
Not all lawmakers agreed with this approach. Armen Rustamian, chairman
of the Parliament's standing committee of foreign affairs and a
member of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation parliamentary bloc,
rejected Nalbandian's arguments.
"I absolutely don't share the view that we must not react emotionally
to Azerbaijan becoming a non-permanent member of the Security Council,"
Rusamian told journalists, as reported by RFE/RL. "That is not an
adequate response to the situation."
asbarez
Thursday, November 3rd, 2011
Foreign Minister Eduard Nalbandian
YEREVAN-Official Yerevan in not troubled by a recent vote granting
Azerbaijan a non-permanent seat on the United States Security Council,
said Foreign Minister Nalbandian while answering questions at the
National Assembly Thursday. He said Armenian will continue its
policy on the Karabakh conflict resolution process without "nervous
convulsions."
According to an official read out of the minister's Q&A session
at parliament, Nalbandian also said the leaders of the co-chairing
countries of the OSCE Minsk Group-France, Russia and the US-who are
permanent members of the UN Security Council have ruled out any UN
involvement in the Karabakh peace process.
He pointed to three consecutive announcements, the latest of which
came after the Kazan, Russia meeting in June, where presidents Barack
Obama, Nicolas Sarkozy and Dmitry Medvedev reiterated that the Karabakh
peace process could only be resolved under the auspices of the OSCE
Minsk Group.
Nalbandian was referring to statements emanating from Baku that now
that Azerbaijan hold a seat on the Security Council the aim is to
move the Karabakh peace process to the United Nations.
"I think there is concrete response given to this and there is
no need to get emotional over statements coming from Azerbaijan,"
said Nalbandian.
Citing announcements from the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairmen regarding
the current state of the Karabakh peace process, Nalbandian said that
Azerbaijan has backed itself into a corner given the statements by the
international community, which correlate with the policies of Armenia.
Not all lawmakers agreed with this approach. Armen Rustamian, chairman
of the Parliament's standing committee of foreign affairs and a
member of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation parliamentary bloc,
rejected Nalbandian's arguments.
"I absolutely don't share the view that we must not react emotionally
to Azerbaijan becoming a non-permanent member of the Security Council,"
Rusamian told journalists, as reported by RFE/RL. "That is not an
adequate response to the situation."