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  • Dublin Meeting Ends 1:0 To Armenia, Azerbaijan Loses

    DUBLIN MEETING ENDS 1:0 TO ARMENIA, AZERBAIJAN LOSES

    December 7, 2012 - 22:25 AMT

    PanARMENIAN.Net - The 19th meeting of OSCE ministerial council ended in
    Dubin, with both Armenian and Azerbaijani foreign ministers delivering
    speeches. Naturally, Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlement was in the
    focus of both speeches.

    Besides "ruling out any alternative to peaceful resolution of
    the conflict and offering to intensify OSCE Minsk Group efforts in
    development of a comprehensive peace agreement" Azerbaijan's Foreign
    Minister Elmar Mammadyarov came up with unfounded accusations against
    Armenia, such as, "Armenia reinforces status-quo by violating the
    OSCE regulation and uses force to maintain control over the occupied
    (in fact liberated) territories of Azerbaijan."

    It's not a secret that Armenia is the guarantor of Artsakh people's
    security. It's not a secret, either that realization of Azerbaijan's
    disembodied dream, i.e. transfer of Nagorno Karabakh under Baku's
    control may cause nothing but a genocide, considering the killings
    of Armenians in Sumgait and Baku, or the axe-murder of the Armenian
    soldier in sleep.

    Mammadyarov's speech further went on, accusing Armenia of "hampering
    the intra-community dialogue, economic development of the region and
    attempts to erase all traces of Azerbaijani culture."

    "No intact monuments of Azerbaijani culture remained in the territories
    occupied (in fact liberated) by Armenia," Mammadyarov said.

    Intra-community dialogue? In contrast to Baku, Yerevan never hampered
    any reasonable dialogue, with visits of Azerbaijani intellectuals
    cited as an example.

    It's Azerbaijan and Turkey that continue illegal blockade of Armenia,
    blocking its participation in regional economic programs.

    Azerbaijani cultural monuments? Not long ago, Azerbaijan itself
    unleashed a war in Artsakh, with shelling considered common during
    war. What about destruction of ancient Armenian cemetery in Julfa by
    brave Azerbaijani vandals?

    Mammadyarov also mentioned Stepanakert airport in his speech, saying
    "it would further escalate tensions in the region." This is not even
    worth a comment.

    Meanwhile, Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian's speech
    objectively pointed to Azerbaijani attempts to foil Karabakh conflict
    settlement.

    "It has become habitual for Azerbaijan to backtrack even on agreements
    to which it had previously consented to. Despite the agreement on
    the creation of a mechanism to investigate the ceasefire violations,
    as you know, Azerbaijan did everything to prevent its creation,
    even threatening to veto the entire OSCE budget.

    This was the case again after the Sochi Summit of January of this
    year. Despite the reached agreement to accelerate accord on the Basic
    Principles for a Settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, confirmed
    by Los Cabos Statement, Azerbaijan by its maximalist approaches is
    seeking one sided advantage in the negotiating process and is doing
    everything possible to neglect, even to reject this agreement.

    Azerbaijan is not only ignoring the expectations of the international
    community, but is constantly taking new steps against the values
    of civilized world. The latest such case is the Azeri government's
    release and glorification of the murderer Safarov, who had slaughtered
    with an axe Armenian officer in his sleep, during a NATO program in
    Budapest simply because he was Armenian. The Azerbaijani leadership
    made him a symbol of national pride and an example to follow by youth.

    The world's reaction was unanimous in condemning what was done by
    Baku, which has seriously undermined the Nagorno Karabakh negotiation
    process and endangered the fragile regional stability," Minister
    Nalbandian said.

    It's noteworthy that following all the speeches at Dublin-hosted
    meeting, Azerbaijan exercised the right to issue a response to Minister
    Nalbandian's speech, "Unfortunately, OSCE repeatedly witnessed Armenian
    accusations addressed to Baku. However, Mr.

    Nalbandian's speech didn't much dwell on the steps Armenia takes
    to settle the conflict and overcome the current difficult situation
    as a result of occupation of Azerbaijani lands." This really sounds
    ridiculous.

    In response to this, Armenian representative dubbed Baku's additional
    speech a mere repetition of earlier allegations against Armenia.

    Thus, the Dublin battle ended 1:0 to Armenia.

    Marina Ananikyan / PanARMENIAN News

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