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Nagorno-Karabakh is part of the European family, according to the
president of Armenia
President of Armenia, Serzh Sargsyan
© RIA Novosti. Sergei Guneev
11:50 12/02/2012
Moscow, December 2, RIA Novosti.
Nagorno-Karabakh is part of the European family, said President of
Armenia, Serzh Sargsyan, during a press conference in Yerevan.
"It's important for us to produce direct contacts between
representatives of the European Union and the Nagorno-Karabakh,"
Sargsyan said yesterday in a joint press conference with European
Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, who came to visit Armenia
officer.
The Armenian president also stressed the "full understanding" between
Yerevan and Brussels on ways of settlement of the Karabakh conflict.
He also criticized the use by some countries in the region and
neighboring blocks against militaristic rhetoric, attitudes for which
called for "zero tolerance".
Sargsyan said the blockade that keeps the government in Ankara for
years against Armenia violates the rules and principles of
international law, and criticized the policies of the Azerbaijani
authorities for the enemy to cross the whole Armenian people.
The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict dates back to 1988, when it was
separated from the then Soviet Socialist Republic of Azerbaijan to
proclaim three years later the creation of an independent state.
The secession led to a war between Baku and Yerevan, which lasted
until May 1994 as a result of which Azerbaijan lost control over
Nagorno-Karabakh and seven surrounding districts.
Meanwhile, the border between Armenia and Turkey remains closed since
1993 on the initiative of Ankara by the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh.
president of Armenia
President of Armenia, Serzh Sargsyan
© RIA Novosti. Sergei Guneev
11:50 12/02/2012
Moscow, December 2, RIA Novosti.
Nagorno-Karabakh is part of the European family, said President of
Armenia, Serzh Sargsyan, during a press conference in Yerevan.
"It's important for us to produce direct contacts between
representatives of the European Union and the Nagorno-Karabakh,"
Sargsyan said yesterday in a joint press conference with European
Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, who came to visit Armenia
officer.
The Armenian president also stressed the "full understanding" between
Yerevan and Brussels on ways of settlement of the Karabakh conflict.
He also criticized the use by some countries in the region and
neighboring blocks against militaristic rhetoric, attitudes for which
called for "zero tolerance".
Sargsyan said the blockade that keeps the government in Ankara for
years against Armenia violates the rules and principles of
international law, and criticized the policies of the Azerbaijani
authorities for the enemy to cross the whole Armenian people.
The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict dates back to 1988, when it was
separated from the then Soviet Socialist Republic of Azerbaijan to
proclaim three years later the creation of an independent state.
The secession led to a war between Baku and Yerevan, which lasted
until May 1994 as a result of which Azerbaijan lost control over
Nagorno-Karabakh and seven surrounding districts.
Meanwhile, the border between Armenia and Turkey remains closed since
1993 on the initiative of Ankara by the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh.