"EU-ARMENIA" PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE TOUCHES ON THE OPERATION OF STEPANAKERT AIRPORT
Mediamax
Dec 3 2012
Armenia
Yerevan/Mediamax/. European Union -Armenia Parliamentary Cooperation
Committee expressed its regret over the lack of progress in the Nagorno
Karabakh peace process and condemned the Azerbaijani President's
decision on Ramil Safarov's pardon.
The final statement made as a result of the 13th session of the
EU-Armenian Parliamentary Cooperation Committee held in Brussels
reads this, Mediamax reports.
"The Committee points out the importance of creating favorable
conditions to define the final status of Nagorno Karabakh through the
expression of goodwill having mandatory legal effect", the conclusive
statement reads.
The Committee urges the conflicting sides to create a mechanism
of independent investigation for prevention of precedents and the
ceasefire violations along the contact line.
The Committee also touched upon the operation of the Stepanakert
airport in the statement.
"We recall that the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs received new
confirmations from all the sides regarding the scheduled opening of
the airport according to which they refuse any attempt to use force
of threats against civil aircrafts under the international law and
will abstain from politicization of this issue", the statement notes.
Co-Chair of EU-Armenia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee Samvel
Farmanyan said during his meeting with journalists that the Armenian
side attaches importance to the definitions mentioned in the statement.
According to him, they indicate that the approaches of Armenia and
international community to NK peace process coincide.
Mediamax
Dec 3 2012
Armenia
Yerevan/Mediamax/. European Union -Armenia Parliamentary Cooperation
Committee expressed its regret over the lack of progress in the Nagorno
Karabakh peace process and condemned the Azerbaijani President's
decision on Ramil Safarov's pardon.
The final statement made as a result of the 13th session of the
EU-Armenian Parliamentary Cooperation Committee held in Brussels
reads this, Mediamax reports.
"The Committee points out the importance of creating favorable
conditions to define the final status of Nagorno Karabakh through the
expression of goodwill having mandatory legal effect", the conclusive
statement reads.
The Committee urges the conflicting sides to create a mechanism
of independent investigation for prevention of precedents and the
ceasefire violations along the contact line.
The Committee also touched upon the operation of the Stepanakert
airport in the statement.
"We recall that the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs received new
confirmations from all the sides regarding the scheduled opening of
the airport according to which they refuse any attempt to use force
of threats against civil aircrafts under the international law and
will abstain from politicization of this issue", the statement notes.
Co-Chair of EU-Armenia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee Samvel
Farmanyan said during his meeting with journalists that the Armenian
side attaches importance to the definitions mentioned in the statement.
According to him, they indicate that the approaches of Armenia and
international community to NK peace process coincide.