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  • Yerevan, Stepanakert Slam Ankara For Meddling In Karabakh

    YEREVAN, STEPANAKERT SLAM ANKARA FOR MEDDLING IN KARABAKH

    Asbarez
    Wednesday, July 18th, 2012

    Karabakh voters take part in parliamentary elections in May 2010
    (photo by photolur)

    YEREVAN (Combined Sources)-Official Yerevan and Stepanakert on
    Wednesday slammed Ankara for meddling in the internal affairs of
    Karabakh, after the Turkish Foreign Ministry issued a statement
    "strongly condemning" Thursday's president elections in the
    Nagorno-Karabakh Republic.

    Armenia's Deputy Foreign Minister Shavarsh Kocharyan said that Turkish
    authorities, who continue to deny the Armenian Genocide, which was
    perpetrated by their predecessors, have no moral or ethical rights to
    try to "teach" Armenia and the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic any lessons,
    let alone make false comments about UN Security Council decisions and
    OSCE principles.

    In a statement issued Wednesday, the Turkish Foreign Ministry claimed
    that the upcoming elections in Karabakh ran counter to OSCE principles
    and UN Security Council's decisions.

    "Turkey, which always supports Azerbaijan's territorial integrity,
    strongly condemns these illegal 'elections' and will not acknowledge
    its results," said the Turkish Foreign Ministry's statement, adding
    that "The continued occupation of Nagorno-Karabakh is a serious
    obstacle to stability and peace in the South Caucasus."

    Deputy Foreign Minister Kocharyan said that instead of satisfying its
    urge to teach others lessons it should advise itself "to not organize
    elections and withdraw its troops from north Cyprus and free it from
    occupation."

    "However, if Turkey is indeed sincere and not being guided by
    Azerbaijani interests, then it is a very good opportunity for Turkey
    to offer Azerbaijan assistance in organizing democratic elections and
    take lessons from Karabakh in establishing a state based on democratic
    values," said Kocharyan.

    Nagorno-Karabakh Republic presidential spokesman David Babayan also
    echoed Kocharyan's sentiments saying that Turkey has no political or
    moral right to comment on the upcoming presidential elections.

    "We are already used to Turkey's destructive approach," said Babayan.

    "Instead of criticizing the upcoming democratic, free and fair
    presidential elections in the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey should
    reconsider the activities of the Turkish-sponsored authorities of
    north Cyprus, its own questionable democratic values regarding
    national minorities and should recognize the biggest crime against
    humanity-the Armenian Genocide of 1915."

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