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FRANCISCO ARROYO VIEYRA: CHAMBER OF MEXICAN PARLIAMENT SUPPORTS THE RIGHT TO SELF-DETERMINATION OF PEOPLES AND ANY ATTEMPTS TO REFER SOME POSITIONS TO THE MEXICAN PARLIAMENT DO NOT CORRESPOND TO REALITY
arminfo
Wednesday, October 24, 12:33
On October 24, Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian, who is in Mexico
on an official visit, met with Francisco Arroyo Vieyra, the Deputy
Chairman of the Lower Chamber of the Mexico's Senate, Armenian Foreign
Ministry reports.
Welcoming the Armenian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Vieyra
mentioned that Mexico's Parliament would like to bring its contribution
to the development and strengthening of the Armenian-Mexican relations.
Edward Nalbandian stressed that the resolutions adopted during the
previous year's sitting of the Chamber of the Mexican Parliament which
distort the facts about Nagorno-Karabakh not only harmed bilateral
relations, but also flagrantly contradict to the position of the
international community repeatedly stated by the heads of the OSCE
Minsk Group Co-Chair countries. In the words of the Armenian Minister
of Foreign Affairs, such activities are harming the steps undertaken
by the international community towards the settlement of the issue
and are threatening regional stability.
The high-ranking official of the Mexican Parliament said that
he is aware of the negative consequences of the above-mentioned
statements and provided explanations about that, underlining that the
Chamber of the Mexican Parliament unequivocally supports the right to
self-determination of peoples and any attempts to refer some positions
to the Mexican Parliament do not correspond to reality.
Edward Nalbandian expressed satisfaction with the unequivocal support
provided by the Mexican Parliament to the right to self-determination
of peoples, as well as with the assurances presented by the Mexican
Secretariat of Foreign Affairs that Mexico officially supports
the proposals made by the Minsk Group on the settlement of the
Nagorno-Karabakh issue, and the efforts undertaken in that direction.
Minister Nalbandian expressed hope that the newly elected Mexican
Parliament would undertake efficient steps to develop relations with
Armenia. Edward Nalbandian informed as well about the creation of
a friendship group with the Chamber of the Mexican Parliament in
the Armenian Parliament, and conveyed greetings of the Speaker of
the Armenian National Assembly Hovik Abrahamyan to the heads of the
Senate and Chamber of Parliament.
Francisco Arroyo Vieyra said that the Chamber of Parliament would
undertake the steps towards the creation of a friendship group with the
Armenian National Assembly which would definitely become an important
format of interaction.
The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict broke out on February 28 1988 in the
Azerbaijani Sumgait with massacre of Armenians as a peculiar response
of Azerbaijanis to the peaceful demand of the Nagorno-Karabakh
autonomous Region, part of the Azerbaijani SSR, to unite with the
Armenian SSR. This resulted in other pogroms of Armenians in Baku,
Kirovabad and other regions of Azerbaijan populated with Armenians.
In 1991 Azerbaijan unleashed war against peaceful populations of
Nagorno-Karabakh, expulsing ethnic Armenians from the territory of
Azerbaijan. Dozens of thousands of peaceful residents on both parties
were killed in the military actions, and hundreds of thousands were
left homeless and have become refugees. In 1994 in Bishkek in mediation
of the OSCE MG, the NKR, Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a Protocol on
Ceasefire that is observed more or less so far. Since 1992 the OSCE
Minsk Group represented by co- chairs from Russia, U.S.
and France has been mediating in resolution of the conflict unleashed
by Azerbaijan in 1988. At present the peace process is based on the
Madrid Principles suggested by the OSCE MG in 2007 in Madrid and
renovated in 2009.
arminfo
Wednesday, October 24, 12:33
On October 24, Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian, who is in Mexico
on an official visit, met with Francisco Arroyo Vieyra, the Deputy
Chairman of the Lower Chamber of the Mexico's Senate, Armenian Foreign
Ministry reports.
Welcoming the Armenian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Vieyra
mentioned that Mexico's Parliament would like to bring its contribution
to the development and strengthening of the Armenian-Mexican relations.
Edward Nalbandian stressed that the resolutions adopted during the
previous year's sitting of the Chamber of the Mexican Parliament which
distort the facts about Nagorno-Karabakh not only harmed bilateral
relations, but also flagrantly contradict to the position of the
international community repeatedly stated by the heads of the OSCE
Minsk Group Co-Chair countries. In the words of the Armenian Minister
of Foreign Affairs, such activities are harming the steps undertaken
by the international community towards the settlement of the issue
and are threatening regional stability.
The high-ranking official of the Mexican Parliament said that
he is aware of the negative consequences of the above-mentioned
statements and provided explanations about that, underlining that the
Chamber of the Mexican Parliament unequivocally supports the right to
self-determination of peoples and any attempts to refer some positions
to the Mexican Parliament do not correspond to reality.
Edward Nalbandian expressed satisfaction with the unequivocal support
provided by the Mexican Parliament to the right to self-determination
of peoples, as well as with the assurances presented by the Mexican
Secretariat of Foreign Affairs that Mexico officially supports
the proposals made by the Minsk Group on the settlement of the
Nagorno-Karabakh issue, and the efforts undertaken in that direction.
Minister Nalbandian expressed hope that the newly elected Mexican
Parliament would undertake efficient steps to develop relations with
Armenia. Edward Nalbandian informed as well about the creation of
a friendship group with the Chamber of the Mexican Parliament in
the Armenian Parliament, and conveyed greetings of the Speaker of
the Armenian National Assembly Hovik Abrahamyan to the heads of the
Senate and Chamber of Parliament.
Francisco Arroyo Vieyra said that the Chamber of Parliament would
undertake the steps towards the creation of a friendship group with the
Armenian National Assembly which would definitely become an important
format of interaction.
The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict broke out on February 28 1988 in the
Azerbaijani Sumgait with massacre of Armenians as a peculiar response
of Azerbaijanis to the peaceful demand of the Nagorno-Karabakh
autonomous Region, part of the Azerbaijani SSR, to unite with the
Armenian SSR. This resulted in other pogroms of Armenians in Baku,
Kirovabad and other regions of Azerbaijan populated with Armenians.
In 1991 Azerbaijan unleashed war against peaceful populations of
Nagorno-Karabakh, expulsing ethnic Armenians from the territory of
Azerbaijan. Dozens of thousands of peaceful residents on both parties
were killed in the military actions, and hundreds of thousands were
left homeless and have become refugees. In 1994 in Bishkek in mediation
of the OSCE MG, the NKR, Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a Protocol on
Ceasefire that is observed more or less so far. Since 1992 the OSCE
Minsk Group represented by co- chairs from Russia, U.S.
and France has been mediating in resolution of the conflict unleashed
by Azerbaijan in 1988. At present the peace process is based on the
Madrid Principles suggested by the OSCE MG in 2007 in Madrid and
renovated in 2009.