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FRENCH CO-CHAIRMAN POST OF MINSK GROUP IS QUERIED AT OSCE PA
Trend
Feb 27 2012
Azerbaijan
The question of keeping the French co-chairmanship of the Minsk Group
has been raised by the Azerbaijani delegation at the 11th session of
the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, deputy chairman of the Azerbaijani
Parliament Bahar Muradova told Trend on Monday.
She said the Azerbaijani delegation raised a number of important
questions at the first plenary session of the OSCE in Vienna.
"In particular the question of what extent it is possible to believe
the impartiality of France as a co-chair of the Minsk Group on the
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, taking into account that it adopted a law
criminalising the denial of the so-called "Armenian genocide".
"How does the OSCE assess this law against the terms of freedom
of speech and opinion? Also, what is the attitude of the OSCE and
its Parliamentary Assembly to France's step," Ms Muradova said. She
noted not an abstract rather than concrete answer was given to these
questions.
"In particular, it was said that it's necessary to take advantage
of the existing format of the OSCE Minsk Group, to look only to the
future and identify suitable targets for the solution of the problem,"
Ms Muradova said.
She said during a debate a member of the French delegation said that
the aforementioned law is directed not only against Turkey and not only
the "Armenian genocide", but all mass murders committed and bloodshed.
"The French representative found it necessary to remind us that this
law is being considered by the Constitutional Council and has not
yet come into force," she said.
No one in the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly except for the Azerbaijani
delegation expressed regret in relation to the law being adopted in
France, Ms Muradova noted.
The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988
when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Armenian
armed forces have occupied 20 per cent of
Azerbaijan since 1992, including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and
seven surrounding districts.
Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a ceasefire agreement in 1994. The
co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group - Russia, France and the U.S. -
are currently holding peace negotiations.
Armenia has not yet implemented the U.N. Security Council's four
resolutions on the liberation of the Nagorno-Karabakh and the
surrounding regions.
From: Baghdasarian
Trend
Feb 27 2012
Azerbaijan
The question of keeping the French co-chairmanship of the Minsk Group
has been raised by the Azerbaijani delegation at the 11th session of
the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, deputy chairman of the Azerbaijani
Parliament Bahar Muradova told Trend on Monday.
She said the Azerbaijani delegation raised a number of important
questions at the first plenary session of the OSCE in Vienna.
"In particular the question of what extent it is possible to believe
the impartiality of France as a co-chair of the Minsk Group on the
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, taking into account that it adopted a law
criminalising the denial of the so-called "Armenian genocide".
"How does the OSCE assess this law against the terms of freedom
of speech and opinion? Also, what is the attitude of the OSCE and
its Parliamentary Assembly to France's step," Ms Muradova said. She
noted not an abstract rather than concrete answer was given to these
questions.
"In particular, it was said that it's necessary to take advantage
of the existing format of the OSCE Minsk Group, to look only to the
future and identify suitable targets for the solution of the problem,"
Ms Muradova said.
She said during a debate a member of the French delegation said that
the aforementioned law is directed not only against Turkey and not only
the "Armenian genocide", but all mass murders committed and bloodshed.
"The French representative found it necessary to remind us that this
law is being considered by the Constitutional Council and has not
yet come into force," she said.
No one in the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly except for the Azerbaijani
delegation expressed regret in relation to the law being adopted in
France, Ms Muradova noted.
The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988
when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Armenian
armed forces have occupied 20 per cent of
Azerbaijan since 1992, including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and
seven surrounding districts.
Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a ceasefire agreement in 1994. The
co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group - Russia, France and the U.S. -
are currently holding peace negotiations.
Armenia has not yet implemented the U.N. Security Council's four
resolutions on the liberation of the Nagorno-Karabakh and the
surrounding regions.
From: Baghdasarian