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ARMENIA, AZERBAIJAN ARGUE OVER KARABAKH AT EU TALKS IN BRUSSELS
http://www.armenianow.com/karabakh/42064/armenia_azerbaijan_karabakh_brussels_eu_talks_nalb andian_mammadyarov
KARABAKH | 18.12.12 | 11:08
Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian lashed out at Azerbaijan
over Nagorno-Karabakh at a meeting with European Union representatives
in Brussels on December 17.
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty quotes Nalbandian as saying that it
was the citizens of the area who would decide its final status in
a referendum and that human rights would be better protected there
than they currently are in neighboring Azerbaijan.
Earlier that day in Brussels Azerbaijan's Foreign Minister Elmar
Mammadyarov told EU representatives that Armenian communities in
Nagorno-Karabakh should become loyal citizens of Azerbaijan. He vowed
at a news conference that Baku would step up its efforts to bring
about the withdrawal of Armenian troops from Nagorno-Karabakh.
Cypriot Foreign Minister Erato Kazakou-Marcoullis, representing the
EU, reportedly expressed disappointment that two decades of mediation
had failed to provide a lasting solution.
"This conflict has no place in the region. It is unacceptable. It is
against all our values," Kazakou-Marcoullis said, as quoted by RFE/RL.
"It seriously hampers integration, growth, and investment in large
infrastructure projects."
Nalbandian was in Brussels to sign a visa-facilitation agreement with
the EU, which will make it easier for Armenian citizens to obtain
visas to the bloc.
Earlier, Yerevan said EU citizens will be allowed to travel to Armenia
without visas beginning in January.
http://www.armenianow.com/karabakh/42064/armenia_azerbaijan_karabakh_brussels_eu_talks_nalb andian_mammadyarov
KARABAKH | 18.12.12 | 11:08
Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian lashed out at Azerbaijan
over Nagorno-Karabakh at a meeting with European Union representatives
in Brussels on December 17.
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty quotes Nalbandian as saying that it
was the citizens of the area who would decide its final status in
a referendum and that human rights would be better protected there
than they currently are in neighboring Azerbaijan.
Earlier that day in Brussels Azerbaijan's Foreign Minister Elmar
Mammadyarov told EU representatives that Armenian communities in
Nagorno-Karabakh should become loyal citizens of Azerbaijan. He vowed
at a news conference that Baku would step up its efforts to bring
about the withdrawal of Armenian troops from Nagorno-Karabakh.
Cypriot Foreign Minister Erato Kazakou-Marcoullis, representing the
EU, reportedly expressed disappointment that two decades of mediation
had failed to provide a lasting solution.
"This conflict has no place in the region. It is unacceptable. It is
against all our values," Kazakou-Marcoullis said, as quoted by RFE/RL.
"It seriously hampers integration, growth, and investment in large
infrastructure projects."
Nalbandian was in Brussels to sign a visa-facilitation agreement with
the EU, which will make it easier for Armenian citizens to obtain
visas to the bloc.
Earlier, Yerevan said EU citizens will be allowed to travel to Armenia
without visas beginning in January.