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HERITAGE LEADER DENIES REFERRING TO MADRID PRINCIPLES IN BAKU
http://www.tert.am/en/news/2012/11/28/madridyan-skzbunq-r-hovhannisy/
28.11.12
The leader of the opposition Heritage party has dismissed the
allegations about his reference to the Madrid Principles in Baku.
"None of my speeches, including the one in Baku, has addressed
the Madrid Principles. I have always been against that. You know
who adopted those principles and who implements them. I reject the
Madrid Principles, with all the clauses contained therein," Raffi
Hovhannisyan told a news conference on Wednesday.
Responding to a comment that he isn't criticized for speaking about
Azerbaijani refugees, the Heritage leader said, "The commonality
between what I said and the Madrid Principles is that I used the
word refugees. What I said was that refugees of any ethnic origin
can return to their birthplace but that will be possible only after
establishing the self-determination and territorial integrity of
Artsakh and recognizing the Artsakh Republic."
Hovhannisyan added that the country's recognition should enable
the Armenians of Nakhichevan and Azerbaijanis to return to their
birthplaces.
Speaking of the conference, the politician said that a previously
arranged summary session was to have passed a resolution concerning
the international organization's procedures.
"At the last moment, they introduced a phrase which made the
organization a supporter of [Azerbaijani President] Ilham Aliyev's
policies on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict settlement. But there was
no reference to either Armenia or Azerbaijan or even Karabakh before
that. The agenda on the first day said that 'the resolution has to
be approved and read out' by a consensus," he added.
Hovhannisyan noted that Azerbaijan would have incorporated the clause
into the resolution regardless of his presence. "That the resolution
was not put to vote or there was no consensus was probably linked to
my presence too," he said.
http://www.tert.am/en/news/2012/11/28/madridyan-skzbunq-r-hovhannisy/
28.11.12
The leader of the opposition Heritage party has dismissed the
allegations about his reference to the Madrid Principles in Baku.
"None of my speeches, including the one in Baku, has addressed
the Madrid Principles. I have always been against that. You know
who adopted those principles and who implements them. I reject the
Madrid Principles, with all the clauses contained therein," Raffi
Hovhannisyan told a news conference on Wednesday.
Responding to a comment that he isn't criticized for speaking about
Azerbaijani refugees, the Heritage leader said, "The commonality
between what I said and the Madrid Principles is that I used the
word refugees. What I said was that refugees of any ethnic origin
can return to their birthplace but that will be possible only after
establishing the self-determination and territorial integrity of
Artsakh and recognizing the Artsakh Republic."
Hovhannisyan added that the country's recognition should enable
the Armenians of Nakhichevan and Azerbaijanis to return to their
birthplaces.
Speaking of the conference, the politician said that a previously
arranged summary session was to have passed a resolution concerning
the international organization's procedures.
"At the last moment, they introduced a phrase which made the
organization a supporter of [Azerbaijani President] Ilham Aliyev's
policies on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict settlement. But there was
no reference to either Armenia or Azerbaijan or even Karabakh before
that. The agenda on the first day said that 'the resolution has to
be approved and read out' by a consensus," he added.
Hovhannisyan noted that Azerbaijan would have incorporated the clause
into the resolution regardless of his presence. "That the resolution
was not put to vote or there was no consensus was probably linked to
my presence too," he said.