Tweet
Armenian delegation puts a veto on document in Euronest
15:38, 17 September, 2011
YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 17, ARMENPRESS:
At the first plenary sitting of the Euronest September 14-16 in
Strasburg a concluding report was not adopted because of disagreements
of the Armenian delegation over certain formulations put into
circulation at the political committee. Member of the Armenian
delegation Naira Zohrabian told Armenpress that our delegation has
applied a veto to the presented document as the international norms
presented in it were edited, the report includes the territorial
integrity principle, instead the principle of self-determination was
not fixed.
"The report related to the European integration, EU's role in the
settlement of regional conflicts. The report also has formulations
which related to international norms and don't' know why our eastern
partners, and why not with the efforts of Georgia, as the co-author of
the report is Georgian Davit Darcheashvili who together with the
Azerbaijani member, edited the international norms", Zohrabian said.
According to her, the Armenian delegation tried to return its partners
in Euronest to a constructive field, noting that they do not want the
first plenary sitting of Euronest have an unpleasant end but they want
the report to be adopted and sent to the Eastern Partnership Summit in
Warsaw September 29.
"We have suggested not edit the international norms, which is a
natural demand. All the international documents stress the principles
of self-determination of people, territorial integrity and non-usage
of force, but the report ignores them. Unfortunately, our partners
spoke against the inclusion of the right of people to
self-determination and naturally we had nothing to do but use our
right to demand consensus as a result of which the report was not
approved", Zohrabian said.
She noted that the Armenian delegation has never had illusions that
Euronest will be an easy platform for us. "It was clear for us that in
many cases we would face many issues. But it was unexpected that
during the very first sitting we would have to overcome the stubborn
confrontation of our certain eastern partners", the parliamentarian
said, adding that the European integration is very important for
Armenia but "no integration may be higher for us than our national
interest".
From: Baghdasarian
15:38, 17 September, 2011
YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 17, ARMENPRESS:
At the first plenary sitting of the Euronest September 14-16 in
Strasburg a concluding report was not adopted because of disagreements
of the Armenian delegation over certain formulations put into
circulation at the political committee. Member of the Armenian
delegation Naira Zohrabian told Armenpress that our delegation has
applied a veto to the presented document as the international norms
presented in it were edited, the report includes the territorial
integrity principle, instead the principle of self-determination was
not fixed.
"The report related to the European integration, EU's role in the
settlement of regional conflicts. The report also has formulations
which related to international norms and don't' know why our eastern
partners, and why not with the efforts of Georgia, as the co-author of
the report is Georgian Davit Darcheashvili who together with the
Azerbaijani member, edited the international norms", Zohrabian said.
According to her, the Armenian delegation tried to return its partners
in Euronest to a constructive field, noting that they do not want the
first plenary sitting of Euronest have an unpleasant end but they want
the report to be adopted and sent to the Eastern Partnership Summit in
Warsaw September 29.
"We have suggested not edit the international norms, which is a
natural demand. All the international documents stress the principles
of self-determination of people, territorial integrity and non-usage
of force, but the report ignores them. Unfortunately, our partners
spoke against the inclusion of the right of people to
self-determination and naturally we had nothing to do but use our
right to demand consensus as a result of which the report was not
approved", Zohrabian said.
She noted that the Armenian delegation has never had illusions that
Euronest will be an easy platform for us. "It was clear for us that in
many cases we would face many issues. But it was unexpected that
during the very first sitting we would have to overcome the stubborn
confrontation of our certain eastern partners", the parliamentarian
said, adding that the European integration is very important for
Armenia but "no integration may be higher for us than our national
interest".
From: Baghdasarian