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    ANCA Says Minsk Group's False Symmetry Undermines Prospects For Peace

    http://asbarez.com/106982/anca-says-minsk-group%E2%80%99s-false-symmetry-undermines-prospects-for-peace/
    Friday, December 7th, 2012 | Posted by Contributor



    OSCE Ministerial summit convened in Dublin this week

    WASHINGTON - Armenian National Committee of AmericaExecutive Director
    Aram Hamparian expressed regret at the latest statement by the Heads
    of Delegation of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in
    Europe (OSCE) Minsk Group Co-Chair countries in Dublin, Ireland, this
    week which demonstrated an artificial even-handedness toward
    Azerbaijan and Armenia, with no mention of the ongoing Aliyev
    government's aggression against Armenia and glorification of
    anti-Armenian attacks, including the praise and promotion of convicted
    Azerbaijani axe-murderer Ramil Safarov.

    Hamparian's complete statement is available below:

    `The Heads of Delegation of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chair countries do
    a disservice to the cause of peace by, once again, seeking to impose a
    false symmetry on the Nagorno Karabakh situation.'

    `For all their patently political and artificial attempts at
    evenhandedness, the facts on the ground are undeniable: Azerbaijan is
    the party that started, and lost, a war aimed at destroying democracy
    in Artsakh and preventing self-determination for the people of this
    proud Republic. It is Azerbaijan that regularly commits fatal
    cross-border attacks, and is threatening to use its rapidly expanding
    arsenal of arms to restart its open aggression and plunge the region
    into conflict. It is Baku, not Yerevan, that is rejecting
    international calls to pull back its snipers and deploy more OSCE
    observers, and that is vetoing the participation of the Republic of
    Nagorno Karabakh - the key stakeholder in any enduring settlement -
    from full participation in the peace process.'

    `It is an act of undeserved charity to the Azerbaijani regime of Ilham
    Aliyev to call on both parties to refrain from acts of enmity, when
    the record shows that the only state-sponsored incitement to hatred
    has come from Baku - through both words and actions. Examples include
    Azerbaijan's cross-border, fatal attacks on Armenia during Secretary
    Clinton's visit this summer to the region, as well as the Azerbaijani
    military's documented destruction and desecration of the Armenian
    cemetery in Djulfa. More recently, of course, was President Ilham
    Aliyev's pardon and promotion of an unapologetic axe-murderer, Ramil
    Safarov, who is, today, hailed as a hero in Azerbaijan for killing an
    Armenian officer, Gurgen Margaryan, while he slept, during a 2004 NATO
    training exercise in Hungary.'

    `Inventing a pretend parity between the parties may serve some
    political purpose, but, sadly, such contrived statements by the OSCE
    Minsk Group do nothing to advance the cause of peace.'

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