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RECOGNITION OF NAGORNO-KARABAKH NOT ESSENTIAL ISSUE - GERMAN AMBASSADOR TO ARMENIA
Tert.am
15:24 20.09.11
The resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, as well as re-opening
of the Armenian-Turkish border, will facilitate economic development
and...
The recognition Nagorno-Karabakh is not an essential issues now, German
Ambassador to Armenia Ambassador to Armenia Hans-Jochen Schmidt told
journalists Sept. 20. Germany has not changed its position on the
settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict: Germany supports the
efforts toward peaceful settlement of the conflict made by the OSCE
Minsk Group and co-chairing countries. The OSCE MG has been the only
mediator in the peace process, Ambassador Schmidt said.
"The South Caucasus - Armenia and Azerbaijan - has recently been
keenly interested in our response to the declaration of Kosovo's
independence, or recognition of independent Abkhazia and South Ossetia
by Russia. Russia sees different standards here, but we believe that
Kosovo is different from South Ossetia and Abkhazia," the ambassador
said. He pointed out that the principles of territorial integrity
and peoples' right to self-determination are equal.
The right to self-determination has frequently been exercised over
the past decades. However, with negotiations underway, no principle
should be considered superior. Otherwise, it would be a violation of
the neutrality principle the mediator must follow. A solution needs
to be found that would enable the countries to "save their face,"
Ambassador Schmidt said. He believes that the Nagorno-Karabakh problems
will not be resolved in the near future.
In case of mutual concessions, the conflicting parties must be able
to justify them before their societies without any threat to the
political authorities.
Resolving conflicts is most important for all the South Caucasus
states. The resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, as well as
re-opening of the Armenian-Turkish border, will facilitate economic
development and co-existence in the South Caucasus, Ambassador Schmidt
said. All the OSCE member-states, including Turkey, declared their
political will to open all the borders thereby creating favorable
conditions for free trade, Ambassador Schmidt said.
Tert.am
15:24 20.09.11
The resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, as well as re-opening
of the Armenian-Turkish border, will facilitate economic development
and...
The recognition Nagorno-Karabakh is not an essential issues now, German
Ambassador to Armenia Ambassador to Armenia Hans-Jochen Schmidt told
journalists Sept. 20. Germany has not changed its position on the
settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict: Germany supports the
efforts toward peaceful settlement of the conflict made by the OSCE
Minsk Group and co-chairing countries. The OSCE MG has been the only
mediator in the peace process, Ambassador Schmidt said.
"The South Caucasus - Armenia and Azerbaijan - has recently been
keenly interested in our response to the declaration of Kosovo's
independence, or recognition of independent Abkhazia and South Ossetia
by Russia. Russia sees different standards here, but we believe that
Kosovo is different from South Ossetia and Abkhazia," the ambassador
said. He pointed out that the principles of territorial integrity
and peoples' right to self-determination are equal.
The right to self-determination has frequently been exercised over
the past decades. However, with negotiations underway, no principle
should be considered superior. Otherwise, it would be a violation of
the neutrality principle the mediator must follow. A solution needs
to be found that would enable the countries to "save their face,"
Ambassador Schmidt said. He believes that the Nagorno-Karabakh problems
will not be resolved in the near future.
In case of mutual concessions, the conflicting parties must be able
to justify them before their societies without any threat to the
political authorities.
Resolving conflicts is most important for all the South Caucasus
states. The resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, as well as
re-opening of the Armenian-Turkish border, will facilitate economic
development and co-existence in the South Caucasus, Ambassador Schmidt
said. All the OSCE member-states, including Turkey, declared their
political will to open all the borders thereby creating favorable
conditions for free trade, Ambassador Schmidt said.