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ARMENIA REBUKES MEXICO OVER KHOJALU STANCE
http://armenianow.com/karabakh/40511/armenia_mexico_foreign_minister_khojalu_resolution
Karabakh | 23.10.12 | 14:42
Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian meeting with his Mexican
counterpart Patricia Espinosa in Mexico City
Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian has expressed his
nation's bewilderment over the position of the parliament of Mexico
on a controversial episode of the 1992-1994 Karabakh war that he said
misrepresented reality and was "flagrantly contrary" to the position
of the international community.
Mexican lawmakers passed a resolution earlier this year saying that
the military operation launched by Armenians near Khojalu in late
February 1992 was an instance of ethnic cleansings against Azeri
civilians. Armenia has denied the charge, saying that deaths among
civilians happened through the fault of the retreating Azerbaijani
troops.
On a visit to Mexico on Monday the Armenian foreign minister
communicated to his Mexican counterpart Patricia Espinosa a message
from Yerevan that such a position of the Mexican Parliament affected
relations between the two countries and harmed broader efforts
to settle the protracted conflict between the two South Caucasus
neighbors.
According to the Foreign Ministry's press office, Armenia's top
diplomat also "shared the views" expressed by Mexican human rights
advocates that erecting a monument to the victims of the Khojalu
tragedy was an insult to the memory of genocide victims just like
he shared the negative reactions in Mexico and worldwide to the
installation of the statue to former Azerbaijani president Ilham
Aliyev in Mexico City.
In her turn, Espinosa reportedly gave explanations, saying that her
own society had reacted negatively as well.
From: A. Papazian
http://armenianow.com/karabakh/40511/armenia_mexico_foreign_minister_khojalu_resolution
Karabakh | 23.10.12 | 14:42
Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian meeting with his Mexican
counterpart Patricia Espinosa in Mexico City
Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian has expressed his
nation's bewilderment over the position of the parliament of Mexico
on a controversial episode of the 1992-1994 Karabakh war that he said
misrepresented reality and was "flagrantly contrary" to the position
of the international community.
Mexican lawmakers passed a resolution earlier this year saying that
the military operation launched by Armenians near Khojalu in late
February 1992 was an instance of ethnic cleansings against Azeri
civilians. Armenia has denied the charge, saying that deaths among
civilians happened through the fault of the retreating Azerbaijani
troops.
On a visit to Mexico on Monday the Armenian foreign minister
communicated to his Mexican counterpart Patricia Espinosa a message
from Yerevan that such a position of the Mexican Parliament affected
relations between the two countries and harmed broader efforts
to settle the protracted conflict between the two South Caucasus
neighbors.
According to the Foreign Ministry's press office, Armenia's top
diplomat also "shared the views" expressed by Mexican human rights
advocates that erecting a monument to the victims of the Khojalu
tragedy was an insult to the memory of genocide victims just like
he shared the negative reactions in Mexico and worldwide to the
installation of the statue to former Azerbaijani president Ilham
Aliyev in Mexico City.
In her turn, Espinosa reportedly gave explanations, saying that her
own society had reacted negatively as well.
From: A. Papazian