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Karen Nazaryan: Azerbaijan uses the membership in the UN SC to spread
one-sided information
armradio.am
11.02.2012 12:27
Armenia's Permanent Representative at the UN Karen Nazaryan circulated
a letter at the UN Security Council, in which he expressed regret that
Azerbaijan - a newly elected non-permanent member of the Security
Council, uses this opportunity to disseminate one-sided information
about the Karabakh conflict, which contradicts the core of the
conflict and the spirit of negotiations within the framework of the
OSCE Minsk Group.
He called on Azerbaijan to respect the activity of the Security
Council and refrain from making provocative steps and statements. The
letter was circulated in response to the statement of the Azerbaijani
representative following the briefing of the OSCE
Chairperson-in-Office, Foreign Minister of Ireland Eamon Gilmore, who
welcomed the OSCE Minsk Group efforts towards settlement of the
Karabakh conflict.
`The statement of Azerbaijan is in stark contrast with the spirit of
the Joint Declaration of the Presidents of Armenia, Russia and
Azerbaijan made just last month in Sochi, underlining the readiness of
the parties to speed up agreement on the Basic Principles offered by
the mediators.
What is the sense of the Azerbaijani attempt to open discussions on
the Nagorno-Karabakh issue in the Security Council or to change the
terminology accepted by OSCE and used for a long time in the documents
and statements of the OSCE? Using correct terminology to address the
root causes of the conflict is one thing, but using terminology to
change facts and distort the reality is a completely different
matter,' Karen Nazaryan wrote in the letter.
`Unfortunately, such behavior of Azerbaijan confirms that the only
guiding line of this country was and remains the use of this
distinguished tribune to distribute false facts, to misinform and
misrepresent the process of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict settlement.
Despite its pledge before the UN Security Council `to the maintenance
of international peace', Azerbaijan is continuously threatening to use
force against Nagorno-Karabakh and Armenia along with unprovoked daily
war-mongering by its leadership and is dramatically increasing its
military budget, is continuing ceasefire violations on the line of
contact between Nagorno-Karabakh and Azerbaijan, systematically is
employing acts of vandalism towards the Armenian historical and
cultural heritage and this list goes on.
In response to the calls of the last two years by the UN
Secretary-General, the OSCE and the Minsk Group Co-Chairs, Armenia and
Nagorno-Karabakh responded positively to the proposals of withdrawing
the snipers from the line of contact, to the consolidation of the
ceasefire, to the creation of a mechanism for investigating incidents
along the line of contact. However, Azerbaijan continues to reject the
proposals of withdrawal of snipers and consolidation of ceasefire and
continues to hinder the creation of investigation mechanism.
After the Joint Statements on the Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict by the
Presidents of Russia, the USA and France at the G8 Summits in L'Aquila
(2009), Muskoka (2010) and Deauville (2011) Armenia welcomed them and
stated that we are ready to move forward on the basis of the
principles and elements made in those statements. This proves that the
approaches of the international community are in line with the
approaches of Armenia.
Why does not the Permanent Representative of Azerbaijan recall those
statements in his presentation? Simply because Azerbaijan refuses to
accept them.
Perhaps it behooves Azerbaijan, in its newly elected role in the
Security Council, to respect the work of that body and its members by
refraining from provocative actions and statement,' the letter reads.
From: Baghdasarian
one-sided information
armradio.am
11.02.2012 12:27
Armenia's Permanent Representative at the UN Karen Nazaryan circulated
a letter at the UN Security Council, in which he expressed regret that
Azerbaijan - a newly elected non-permanent member of the Security
Council, uses this opportunity to disseminate one-sided information
about the Karabakh conflict, which contradicts the core of the
conflict and the spirit of negotiations within the framework of the
OSCE Minsk Group.
He called on Azerbaijan to respect the activity of the Security
Council and refrain from making provocative steps and statements. The
letter was circulated in response to the statement of the Azerbaijani
representative following the briefing of the OSCE
Chairperson-in-Office, Foreign Minister of Ireland Eamon Gilmore, who
welcomed the OSCE Minsk Group efforts towards settlement of the
Karabakh conflict.
`The statement of Azerbaijan is in stark contrast with the spirit of
the Joint Declaration of the Presidents of Armenia, Russia and
Azerbaijan made just last month in Sochi, underlining the readiness of
the parties to speed up agreement on the Basic Principles offered by
the mediators.
What is the sense of the Azerbaijani attempt to open discussions on
the Nagorno-Karabakh issue in the Security Council or to change the
terminology accepted by OSCE and used for a long time in the documents
and statements of the OSCE? Using correct terminology to address the
root causes of the conflict is one thing, but using terminology to
change facts and distort the reality is a completely different
matter,' Karen Nazaryan wrote in the letter.
`Unfortunately, such behavior of Azerbaijan confirms that the only
guiding line of this country was and remains the use of this
distinguished tribune to distribute false facts, to misinform and
misrepresent the process of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict settlement.
Despite its pledge before the UN Security Council `to the maintenance
of international peace', Azerbaijan is continuously threatening to use
force against Nagorno-Karabakh and Armenia along with unprovoked daily
war-mongering by its leadership and is dramatically increasing its
military budget, is continuing ceasefire violations on the line of
contact between Nagorno-Karabakh and Azerbaijan, systematically is
employing acts of vandalism towards the Armenian historical and
cultural heritage and this list goes on.
In response to the calls of the last two years by the UN
Secretary-General, the OSCE and the Minsk Group Co-Chairs, Armenia and
Nagorno-Karabakh responded positively to the proposals of withdrawing
the snipers from the line of contact, to the consolidation of the
ceasefire, to the creation of a mechanism for investigating incidents
along the line of contact. However, Azerbaijan continues to reject the
proposals of withdrawal of snipers and consolidation of ceasefire and
continues to hinder the creation of investigation mechanism.
After the Joint Statements on the Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict by the
Presidents of Russia, the USA and France at the G8 Summits in L'Aquila
(2009), Muskoka (2010) and Deauville (2011) Armenia welcomed them and
stated that we are ready to move forward on the basis of the
principles and elements made in those statements. This proves that the
approaches of the international community are in line with the
approaches of Armenia.
Why does not the Permanent Representative of Azerbaijan recall those
statements in his presentation? Simply because Azerbaijan refuses to
accept them.
Perhaps it behooves Azerbaijan, in its newly elected role in the
Security Council, to respect the work of that body and its members by
refraining from provocative actions and statement,' the letter reads.
From: Baghdasarian