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SWEDISH RIGSTAG REJECTS ANTI-KARABAKH MOTION
armradio.am
10.05.2012 11:14
On May 9, 2012, the Swedish Riksdag rejected the Azerbaijani-sponsored
motion on Nagorno Karabakh.
The motion, introduced last year by Mehmet Kaplan (Green Party)
called for, among others, Sweden's active involvement in the Karabakh
conflict, demanding "immediate and unconditional withdrawal of all
Armenian military forces from occupied Azerbaijan's territory" and that
international organizations should work "for guarantying the safety,
security and self-rule of the Armenian minority in Nagorno Karabakh
within the territorial boundaries of Azerbaijan."
Thus, the motion deviated significantly from the existing negotiated
proposals, including the Madrid Principles. The motion, being a
so-called single motion signed only by one person, was not given a
separate consideration of its own, but was voted on together with a
number of other issues, reported the Union of Armenian Associations
in Sweden.
Instead, the Riksdag adopted the Foreign Committee's wording, stating
that "The Nagorno Karabakh conflict needs a peaceful solution and
there is a mechanism to handle the issue. This is the responsibility
of the Minsk Group. The Committee supports the efforts which are
ongoing within the framework of OSCE."
The Foreign Committee's text adopted by the Riksdag also included a
reflection on the ongoing EU's Eastern Partnership program with the
states in South Caucasus, especially in the spheres of "democracy,
freedom of press and respect for human rights."
The adopted text reads "The Committee notes that the negotiations with
the three countries in the association treaty with EU have continued
and that Georgia and Armenia have made major progress while the
negotiations with Azerbaijan have been more complicated."
armradio.am
10.05.2012 11:14
On May 9, 2012, the Swedish Riksdag rejected the Azerbaijani-sponsored
motion on Nagorno Karabakh.
The motion, introduced last year by Mehmet Kaplan (Green Party)
called for, among others, Sweden's active involvement in the Karabakh
conflict, demanding "immediate and unconditional withdrawal of all
Armenian military forces from occupied Azerbaijan's territory" and that
international organizations should work "for guarantying the safety,
security and self-rule of the Armenian minority in Nagorno Karabakh
within the territorial boundaries of Azerbaijan."
Thus, the motion deviated significantly from the existing negotiated
proposals, including the Madrid Principles. The motion, being a
so-called single motion signed only by one person, was not given a
separate consideration of its own, but was voted on together with a
number of other issues, reported the Union of Armenian Associations
in Sweden.
Instead, the Riksdag adopted the Foreign Committee's wording, stating
that "The Nagorno Karabakh conflict needs a peaceful solution and
there is a mechanism to handle the issue. This is the responsibility
of the Minsk Group. The Committee supports the efforts which are
ongoing within the framework of OSCE."
The Foreign Committee's text adopted by the Riksdag also included a
reflection on the ongoing EU's Eastern Partnership program with the
states in South Caucasus, especially in the spheres of "democracy,
freedom of press and respect for human rights."
The adopted text reads "The Committee notes that the negotiations with
the three countries in the association treaty with EU have continued
and that Georgia and Armenia have made major progress while the
negotiations with Azerbaijan have been more complicated."