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TURKISH, AZERBAIJANI MPS' ANTI-ARMENIAN PLAN FAILS IN ISTANBUL - MP
20:17 ~U 02.07.13
A real miracle occurred in favor of Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh at
the session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for
Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE).
Artashes Geghamyan, a member of the Republican Party of Armenia (RPA)
parliamentary group and of the Armenian delegation, told Tert.am that
the session voted down an anti-Armenian initiative by the Azerbaijani
and Turkish delegations aimed at introducing amendments to the
"Helsinki plus 40" resolution by the OSCE PA Committee on Political
Affairs and Security.
"The heads of the Azerbaijani and Turkish delegations proposed
amendments to the resolution. The proposed amendments contain
unfavorable assessments of the OSCE Minsk Group's activities and
a call for a plenary meeting of the Minsk Group, which includes a
number of states, including Turkey," Geghamyan said.
Geghamyan, who is a member of the Committee on Political Affairs and
Security, explained that, if approved, the resolution turns into a
key document of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly.
Geghamyan delivered a speech. "The aim was to show that approving
such a resolution would mean a vote of no confidence in the US,
French and Russian presidents. In approving their joint statement
in England, they put clear questions favorably different from their
previous statements," Geghamyan said.
For the first time the session stressed the fact that the
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict must only be settled on the basis of the
Helsinki Final Act - nonuse of force or threat of force, rights
to self-determination and territorial integrity. "In this case,
the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict will be settled in favor of Armenia
and Nagorno-Karabakh despite the fact that Azerbaijan was strongly
insisting on the territorial integrity principle," Geghamyan said.
"It is a miracle because the session is being held in Turkey, which
is showing unprecedented hospitality to all the delegations. So some
would have found it difficult to decline a document signed by the
head of the Turkish delegation," he said.
Geghamyan insisted that the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs are efficient.
"Azerbaijan is spending $3bn on arms every year, but hostilities
have not so far been resumed due to the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs'
activities. I would like to express my gratitude to the US, Russian
and French presidents," Geghamyan said.
The OSCE Parliamentary Assembly will hold its final session on
Wednesday. "I plan to make speeches today and tomorrow. One of them
will deal with the resolution on Syria proposed by Turkey. The second
deals with the Armenian-Turkish relations and possible developments,"
Geghamyan said.
Armenian News - Tert.am
20:17 ~U 02.07.13
A real miracle occurred in favor of Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh at
the session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for
Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE).
Artashes Geghamyan, a member of the Republican Party of Armenia (RPA)
parliamentary group and of the Armenian delegation, told Tert.am that
the session voted down an anti-Armenian initiative by the Azerbaijani
and Turkish delegations aimed at introducing amendments to the
"Helsinki plus 40" resolution by the OSCE PA Committee on Political
Affairs and Security.
"The heads of the Azerbaijani and Turkish delegations proposed
amendments to the resolution. The proposed amendments contain
unfavorable assessments of the OSCE Minsk Group's activities and
a call for a plenary meeting of the Minsk Group, which includes a
number of states, including Turkey," Geghamyan said.
Geghamyan, who is a member of the Committee on Political Affairs and
Security, explained that, if approved, the resolution turns into a
key document of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly.
Geghamyan delivered a speech. "The aim was to show that approving
such a resolution would mean a vote of no confidence in the US,
French and Russian presidents. In approving their joint statement
in England, they put clear questions favorably different from their
previous statements," Geghamyan said.
For the first time the session stressed the fact that the
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict must only be settled on the basis of the
Helsinki Final Act - nonuse of force or threat of force, rights
to self-determination and territorial integrity. "In this case,
the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict will be settled in favor of Armenia
and Nagorno-Karabakh despite the fact that Azerbaijan was strongly
insisting on the territorial integrity principle," Geghamyan said.
"It is a miracle because the session is being held in Turkey, which
is showing unprecedented hospitality to all the delegations. So some
would have found it difficult to decline a document signed by the
head of the Turkish delegation," he said.
Geghamyan insisted that the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs are efficient.
"Azerbaijan is spending $3bn on arms every year, but hostilities
have not so far been resumed due to the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs'
activities. I would like to express my gratitude to the US, Russian
and French presidents," Geghamyan said.
The OSCE Parliamentary Assembly will hold its final session on
Wednesday. "I plan to make speeches today and tomorrow. One of them
will deal with the resolution on Syria proposed by Turkey. The second
deals with the Armenian-Turkish relations and possible developments,"
Geghamyan said.
Armenian News - Tert.am