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PRESIDENT SARGSYAN: AZERBAIJAN MUST ACCEPT ALL THREE PRINCIPLES OF HELSINKI FINAL ACT FOR KARABAKH SETTLEMENT
hetq
15:34, June 26, 2012
Visiting Austrian President Heinz Fischer today declared in Yerevan
that the Karabakh issue cannot be solved through force and violence.
President Fischer made the statement at a joint press conference with
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan after the two leaders met at the
RA Presidential Palace.
"We see no alternative to the peaceful talks within the scope of the
OSCE Minsk Group," President Sargsyan said, adding that "Azerbaijan's
recent bellicose statements create tension both at the line of contact
between the armed forces of Nagorno Karabakh and Azerbaijan and at
the Armenian-Azerbaijani border."
"The provocations of the past weeks have claimed the lives of
servicemen, and the situation remains tense," the Armenian president
noted.
President Sargsyan recalled the Los Cabos statement issued by the
presidents of the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairing countries, urging
the parties to maintain the ceasefire regime and underlining that
the conflict should be settled on the basis of the principles of the
Helsinki Final Act, namely non-use of force or the threat of force,
the right of peoples to self-determination and territorial integrity.
"We are ready to move forward on the basis of those principles, and
the sooner the issue is settled, the better. The rapid resolution
of the issue stems from the interests of the peoples of Armenia and
Nagorno Karabakh. I think the international community has had an
opportunity to get convinced of this," the President stated.
"While formally agreeing to the three above-mentioned principles,
Azerbaijan actually only accepts one of them - territorial integrity,
rejecting the principles of the right of peoples to self-determination
and the peaceful settlement of conflicts," Serzh Sargsyan said,
emphasizing that the conflict will be solved only when the parties
are ready to accept all of the above-mentioned principles.
hetq
15:34, June 26, 2012
Visiting Austrian President Heinz Fischer today declared in Yerevan
that the Karabakh issue cannot be solved through force and violence.
President Fischer made the statement at a joint press conference with
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan after the two leaders met at the
RA Presidential Palace.
"We see no alternative to the peaceful talks within the scope of the
OSCE Minsk Group," President Sargsyan said, adding that "Azerbaijan's
recent bellicose statements create tension both at the line of contact
between the armed forces of Nagorno Karabakh and Azerbaijan and at
the Armenian-Azerbaijani border."
"The provocations of the past weeks have claimed the lives of
servicemen, and the situation remains tense," the Armenian president
noted.
President Sargsyan recalled the Los Cabos statement issued by the
presidents of the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairing countries, urging
the parties to maintain the ceasefire regime and underlining that
the conflict should be settled on the basis of the principles of the
Helsinki Final Act, namely non-use of force or the threat of force,
the right of peoples to self-determination and territorial integrity.
"We are ready to move forward on the basis of those principles, and
the sooner the issue is settled, the better. The rapid resolution
of the issue stems from the interests of the peoples of Armenia and
Nagorno Karabakh. I think the international community has had an
opportunity to get convinced of this," the President stated.
"While formally agreeing to the three above-mentioned principles,
Azerbaijan actually only accepts one of them - territorial integrity,
rejecting the principles of the right of peoples to self-determination
and the peaceful settlement of conflicts," Serzh Sargsyan said,
emphasizing that the conflict will be solved only when the parties
are ready to accept all of the above-mentioned principles.