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ARMENIA MUST STOP NEGOTIATIONS OVER NAGORNO-KARABAKH - POLITICAL FIGURE
tert.am
07.09.12
Ashot Manucharyan, former security advisor to Armenia's first president
Levon Ter-Petrosyan, believes Armenia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs
is committing a gross blunder by not pulling out of the talks on
settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
"Who are we negotiating with? Is it the one stating that his aim is
to kill Armenians and one killing an Armenian is a national hero?
Statements [by the international community] that they are concerned,
they are against... However, Azerbaijan's machine goes on operating,
responding to all the statements, saying they have acted right,"
Manucharyan told Tert.am.
Not to be accused of pursuing a destructive policy, Armenia should
raise specific issues at the international level and demand that the
international community respond.
Azerbaijan does not accept the international community's stance on
its granting a pardon to a murderer of a sleeping man and violates
all the security resolutions, what does the world think of that and
what can it offer Armenia?
Azerbaijan has violated the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in
Europe (CFE) by inflating its military budget, while the international
community goes on selling weapons to Azerbaijan.
"Azerbaijan has violated international law. We have not accepted that,
while the international community demands that Azerbaijan respect the
law," Manucharyan said. The world also demands withdrawal of snipers
from the Armenian-Azerbaijani border, which has not been done.
"So we cannot continue the negotiations. Let them find another
format for establishing peace," Manucharyan said, noting that it is
not the OSCE Minsk Group, but "the very negotiation process" that
needs reforming.
The problem is as follows: the Nagorno-Karabakh foreign office
has issued a statement that Azerbaijan is creating conditions for
annihilating the Nagorno-Karabakh population. "Armenia, in turn, says
it continues negotiations enabling them to develop their murderous
activities. This is absurd!"
Armenia must inform the UN Security Council, OSCE Minsk Group and
other agencies of the current situation and asked them for solutions,
Manucharyan said.
tert.am
07.09.12
Ashot Manucharyan, former security advisor to Armenia's first president
Levon Ter-Petrosyan, believes Armenia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs
is committing a gross blunder by not pulling out of the talks on
settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
"Who are we negotiating with? Is it the one stating that his aim is
to kill Armenians and one killing an Armenian is a national hero?
Statements [by the international community] that they are concerned,
they are against... However, Azerbaijan's machine goes on operating,
responding to all the statements, saying they have acted right,"
Manucharyan told Tert.am.
Not to be accused of pursuing a destructive policy, Armenia should
raise specific issues at the international level and demand that the
international community respond.
Azerbaijan does not accept the international community's stance on
its granting a pardon to a murderer of a sleeping man and violates
all the security resolutions, what does the world think of that and
what can it offer Armenia?
Azerbaijan has violated the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in
Europe (CFE) by inflating its military budget, while the international
community goes on selling weapons to Azerbaijan.
"Azerbaijan has violated international law. We have not accepted that,
while the international community demands that Azerbaijan respect the
law," Manucharyan said. The world also demands withdrawal of snipers
from the Armenian-Azerbaijani border, which has not been done.
"So we cannot continue the negotiations. Let them find another
format for establishing peace," Manucharyan said, noting that it is
not the OSCE Minsk Group, but "the very negotiation process" that
needs reforming.
The problem is as follows: the Nagorno-Karabakh foreign office
has issued a statement that Azerbaijan is creating conditions for
annihilating the Nagorno-Karabakh population. "Armenia, in turn, says
it continues negotiations enabling them to develop their murderous
activities. This is absurd!"
Armenia must inform the UN Security Council, OSCE Minsk Group and
other agencies of the current situation and asked them for solutions,
Manucharyan said.