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BAKU ILLEGALLY SETTLING SHAHUMIAN AND GETASHEN
Asbarez
Monday, August 6th, 2012
The massacre and deportation of Armenians in Getashen by Azeri forces
STEPANAKERT-The Nagorno-Karabakh Republic's Foreign Ministry on
Friday issued an announcement in which it condemned Azerbaijan's
illegal practice of settling the region of Shahumian and Getashen,
whose Armenian residents were savagely deported by Azeri forces during
the Karabakh war and remains an occupied territory by Azerbaijan.
The Foreign Ministry's announcement came in response to a complaint
filed by Azerbaijan with the OSCE, claiming that Armenians were
resettling within the territoriy of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic.
The foreign ministry called Baku's appeal to the OSCE an effort to
destabilize the region and further impede the peace process.
"Despite the obvious reality that the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic has
a sovereign right to accept any individual on its territory, the
misinformation carried out by Azerbaijan is absolutely groundless
since the monitoring of the situation in these territories, carried
out by the OSCE Assessment Mission in 2010, can prove otherwise,"
said the Karabakh foreign ministry statement.
Official Stepanakert also pointed to a statement by the OSCE
Minsk Group co-chairmen, who found no signs "any clear organized
resettlement" and "did not determine that the resettlement resulted
from a deliberate policy".
"In this context, we consider it necessary to once again draw the
attention of the Organization on Security and Cooperation in Europe
to the fact that Azerbaijan continues a policy of resettlement in
the Shahumian region, Getashen sub-region and other Nagorno-Karabakh
Republic regions that are under the occupation of Azerbaijan," said
the Foreign Ministry. The ministry also emphasized that Azerbaijan,
over the years, has refused to cooperate and provide access to OSCE
monitors.
Asbarez
Monday, August 6th, 2012
The massacre and deportation of Armenians in Getashen by Azeri forces
STEPANAKERT-The Nagorno-Karabakh Republic's Foreign Ministry on
Friday issued an announcement in which it condemned Azerbaijan's
illegal practice of settling the region of Shahumian and Getashen,
whose Armenian residents were savagely deported by Azeri forces during
the Karabakh war and remains an occupied territory by Azerbaijan.
The Foreign Ministry's announcement came in response to a complaint
filed by Azerbaijan with the OSCE, claiming that Armenians were
resettling within the territoriy of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic.
The foreign ministry called Baku's appeal to the OSCE an effort to
destabilize the region and further impede the peace process.
"Despite the obvious reality that the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic has
a sovereign right to accept any individual on its territory, the
misinformation carried out by Azerbaijan is absolutely groundless
since the monitoring of the situation in these territories, carried
out by the OSCE Assessment Mission in 2010, can prove otherwise,"
said the Karabakh foreign ministry statement.
Official Stepanakert also pointed to a statement by the OSCE
Minsk Group co-chairmen, who found no signs "any clear organized
resettlement" and "did not determine that the resettlement resulted
from a deliberate policy".
"In this context, we consider it necessary to once again draw the
attention of the Organization on Security and Cooperation in Europe
to the fact that Azerbaijan continues a policy of resettlement in
the Shahumian region, Getashen sub-region and other Nagorno-Karabakh
Republic regions that are under the occupation of Azerbaijan," said
the Foreign Ministry. The ministry also emphasized that Azerbaijan,
over the years, has refused to cooperate and provide access to OSCE
monitors.