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EDWARD NALBANDIAN: NO BREAKTHROUGH ACHIEVED BECAUSE OF AZERBAIJAN'S NON-CONSTRUCTIVE POSITION
armradio.am
26.03.2012 10:46
Armenian Minister of Foreign Affairs Edward Nalbandian issued a
statement on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the Minsk process.
"20 years ago this day by the decision of the Foreign Ministerial
Council of the Conference for Security and Cooperation in Europe
the Minsk process of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict settlement
was launched. As a result the Minsk Group and its Co-Chairmanship
were formed with the goal to reach a peaceful settlement through
negotiations, based on the basic principles of international law.
The Minsk Group Co-Chairmanship of Russia, the United States and
France, is the only mediation structure dealing with Nagorno-Karabakh
issue with the relevant mandate of the international community.
The Co-Chairs of the Minsk Group have made an important contribution
to the preservation of the ceasefire, to the reducing of tension
in the conflict zone, to the continuation of negotiations between
the sides and elaborating principles for the peaceful settlement
of the conflict. In the preservation of ceasefire the Co-Chairs are
effectively cooperating with the Personal Representative of the OSCE
Chairman-in-Office who has also an important role to the preservation
of ceasefire.
Thanks to the efforts of the Co-Chairs the wholeness of the principles
and elements was elaborated as a basis for the settlement of the
issue, and which are reflected in the joint statements of Presidents
Medvedev, Obama and Sarkozy made at the G8 Summits in L'Aquila,
Muskoka and Deauville.
President of Russia's consistent efforts with the full support of
the Presidents of the USA and France, with an aim to bring closer
the positions of the sides on basic principles, gave certain results.
Despite the expectations of the international community and Armenia's
constructive stance, the Kazan meeting initiated by the President
Medvedev did not become a breakthrough.
If a breakthrough has not been achieved in the conflict settlement
until today, it is not because of the lack of efforts by the Co-Chairs,
but due to the non-constructive approach by one of the sides, which
is consecutively rejecting the proposals made by the Co-Chairs,
which is not refraining from the illusion of solving the issue
through use of force, which is not willing to negotiate directly with
Nagorno-Karabakh, a core party to the conflict.
Committed to the resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh issue through
exclusively peaceful means, Armenia highly appreciates the continuous
and consistent efforts of the Co-Chair countries-Russia, the United
States and France, and believes that thanks to mediation efforts in
exactly this format it would be possible to reach a settlement of
the Nagorno-Karabakh issue."
armradio.am
26.03.2012 10:46
Armenian Minister of Foreign Affairs Edward Nalbandian issued a
statement on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the Minsk process.
"20 years ago this day by the decision of the Foreign Ministerial
Council of the Conference for Security and Cooperation in Europe
the Minsk process of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict settlement
was launched. As a result the Minsk Group and its Co-Chairmanship
were formed with the goal to reach a peaceful settlement through
negotiations, based on the basic principles of international law.
The Minsk Group Co-Chairmanship of Russia, the United States and
France, is the only mediation structure dealing with Nagorno-Karabakh
issue with the relevant mandate of the international community.
The Co-Chairs of the Minsk Group have made an important contribution
to the preservation of the ceasefire, to the reducing of tension
in the conflict zone, to the continuation of negotiations between
the sides and elaborating principles for the peaceful settlement
of the conflict. In the preservation of ceasefire the Co-Chairs are
effectively cooperating with the Personal Representative of the OSCE
Chairman-in-Office who has also an important role to the preservation
of ceasefire.
Thanks to the efforts of the Co-Chairs the wholeness of the principles
and elements was elaborated as a basis for the settlement of the
issue, and which are reflected in the joint statements of Presidents
Medvedev, Obama and Sarkozy made at the G8 Summits in L'Aquila,
Muskoka and Deauville.
President of Russia's consistent efforts with the full support of
the Presidents of the USA and France, with an aim to bring closer
the positions of the sides on basic principles, gave certain results.
Despite the expectations of the international community and Armenia's
constructive stance, the Kazan meeting initiated by the President
Medvedev did not become a breakthrough.
If a breakthrough has not been achieved in the conflict settlement
until today, it is not because of the lack of efforts by the Co-Chairs,
but due to the non-constructive approach by one of the sides, which
is consecutively rejecting the proposals made by the Co-Chairs,
which is not refraining from the illusion of solving the issue
through use of force, which is not willing to negotiate directly with
Nagorno-Karabakh, a core party to the conflict.
Committed to the resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh issue through
exclusively peaceful means, Armenia highly appreciates the continuous
and consistent efforts of the Co-Chair countries-Russia, the United
States and France, and believes that thanks to mediation efforts in
exactly this format it would be possible to reach a settlement of
the Nagorno-Karabakh issue."