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SARKISIAN BLASTS AZERBAIJAN, TURKEY AT UN
Armenialiberty.org
http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/24338268.html
Sept 23 2011
President Serzh Sarkisian again blamed Azerbaijan for the lack of
progress in the Nagorno-Karabakh negotiating process and accused Turkey
of obstructing the normalization of Turkish-Armenian relations in a
speech at the UN General Assembly on Friday.
"The absence of a desire by Azerbaijan to reach agreement and its
everything-or-war posture are preventing progress in the negotiations,"
he said.
Sarkisian reiterated in that regard Armenian claims that the most
recent Armenian-Azerbaijani summit held in Kazan, Russia in June
failed to yield a framework peace deal because of last-minute
objections voiced by Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev. He said
Aliyev thus walked away from "agreements reached at previous stages"
of the peace process.
Azerbaijani officials have not explicitly denied such claims. But they
insist that Yerevan is to blame for the lack of decisive progress in
the peace talks.
Sarkisian went on to accuse Baku of promoting "Armenophobia"
and warmongering. "Bellicose statements and war threats voiced by
Azerbaijan have intensified and violations of the ceasefire regime,
which continue to claim the lives of innocent people, have become
more frequent," he said.
Sarkisian also hit out at Turkey, deploring its refusal to
unconditionally ratify Turkish-Armenian normalization agreements signed
in 2009. "Turkey has thwarted the ratification and implementation of
the 2009 protocols by all means," he said.
Sarkisian further denounced Ankara for continuing to vehemently deny
that the World War One-era mass killings and deportations of some
1.5 million Armenians in the Ottoman Empire constituted genocide.
"The Genocide of the Armenians perpetrated in the Ottoman Empire
has been recognized and condemned by many countries, parliaments,
international structures and genocide scholars," he said.
"Unfortunately, the same does not hold true for the Turkish Republic,
which continues to pursue the policy of denying this crime against
humanity."
Armenialiberty.org
http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/24338268.html
Sept 23 2011
President Serzh Sarkisian again blamed Azerbaijan for the lack of
progress in the Nagorno-Karabakh negotiating process and accused Turkey
of obstructing the normalization of Turkish-Armenian relations in a
speech at the UN General Assembly on Friday.
"The absence of a desire by Azerbaijan to reach agreement and its
everything-or-war posture are preventing progress in the negotiations,"
he said.
Sarkisian reiterated in that regard Armenian claims that the most
recent Armenian-Azerbaijani summit held in Kazan, Russia in June
failed to yield a framework peace deal because of last-minute
objections voiced by Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev. He said
Aliyev thus walked away from "agreements reached at previous stages"
of the peace process.
Azerbaijani officials have not explicitly denied such claims. But they
insist that Yerevan is to blame for the lack of decisive progress in
the peace talks.
Sarkisian went on to accuse Baku of promoting "Armenophobia"
and warmongering. "Bellicose statements and war threats voiced by
Azerbaijan have intensified and violations of the ceasefire regime,
which continue to claim the lives of innocent people, have become
more frequent," he said.
Sarkisian also hit out at Turkey, deploring its refusal to
unconditionally ratify Turkish-Armenian normalization agreements signed
in 2009. "Turkey has thwarted the ratification and implementation of
the 2009 protocols by all means," he said.
Sarkisian further denounced Ankara for continuing to vehemently deny
that the World War One-era mass killings and deportations of some
1.5 million Armenians in the Ottoman Empire constituted genocide.
"The Genocide of the Armenians perpetrated in the Ottoman Empire
has been recognized and condemned by many countries, parliaments,
international structures and genocide scholars," he said.
"Unfortunately, the same does not hold true for the Turkish Republic,
which continues to pursue the policy of denying this crime against
humanity."