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ARMENIA'S PARLIAMENT EXPRESSES CONCERN OVER KHOJALY DRAFT RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY CZECH PARLIAMENT COMMITTEE
YEREVAN, March 1. /ARKA/. Armenian parliament expressed concern over
Khojaly draft resolution adopted by the Committee on Foreign Affairs
of the Czech Republic's parliament, Artak Zaqaryan, the chairman of
the Armenian related parliamentary committee, said Friday.
Earlier last month the Azerbaijani media sources referring to Elman
Abdullaev, a spokesman for Azerbaijan's Foreign Affairs Ministry,
reported the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic
Parliament condemned "ethnic cleansing" in Khojaly. The document
adopted by the Committee also "recognizes the territorial integrity"
of Azerbaijan referring to Nagorno-Karabakh as to its part.
On February 21, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic
said in a statement the adopted draft resolution has no relevance to
the policy of the Ministry.
"I have already replied to my Czech counterpart-the chairman of the
foreign affairs committee of the parliament lower chamber. In my
letter, I expressed all our concern about this matter," Zaqaryan told
reporters in Novosti International press center in Yerevan.
Zaqaryan also added the letter clarifies Armenian official position
on this draft resolution.
Zaqaryan expressed his hopes that the Czech Republic will respond
to the position of the Armenian side detailed in the letter, adding
such format of communication plays an important role in resolving
many issues between states.
Armenia will make all the possible efforts to stave off any attempts
of Azerbaijan to propagate anti-Armenian policy in foreign parliaments,
according to him.
"We will organize responsive events and undertake any steps to make
these societies learn the real truth about these events and not
believe the falsified information," he said.
On February 25-26, 1992, Karabakh self-defense military units initiated
a military operation to unblock the only airport in the republic near
Khojaly village and to neutralize the enemy's weapon emplacements
in the village itself. The assaulting units of Nagorno-Karabakh
self-defense force left a security corridor for civilians to leave
and the Azeri side was notified of it in advance.
But Azerbaijani authorities did not take any actions to withdraw
civilians from the combat zone. Moreover, the column of civilians was
shot on the territory under Azeri control. Experts believe "Khojaly"
was organized by Azerbaijani nationalists for political purposes.
On April 10, 1992, the regular army units of Azerbaijan attacked on
the village and ruined it.
As Azerbaijan declared its independence from the Soviet Union and
removed the powers held by the Karabakh's government, the Armenian
majority voted in 1991, December 10, to secede from Azerbaijan and
in the process proclaimed the enclave the Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh.
Full-scale fighting, initiated by Azerbaijan, erupted in the late
winter of 1992. International mediation by several groups including
Europe's OSCE's failed to bring an end resolution that both sides
could work with.
In the spring of 1993, Armenian forces captured regions
outside the enclave itself. By the end of the war in 1994,
the Armenians were in full control of most of the enclave
and also held and currently control seven regions beyond the
administrative borders of Nagorno-Karabakh. Almost 1 million
people on both sides have been displaced as a result of the
conflict. A Russian- -brokered ceasefire was signed in May 1994
and peace talks, mediated by the OSCE Minsk Group, have been
held ever since by Armenia and Azerbaijan. -0- - See more at:
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From: Baghdasarian
YEREVAN, March 1. /ARKA/. Armenian parliament expressed concern over
Khojaly draft resolution adopted by the Committee on Foreign Affairs
of the Czech Republic's parliament, Artak Zaqaryan, the chairman of
the Armenian related parliamentary committee, said Friday.
Earlier last month the Azerbaijani media sources referring to Elman
Abdullaev, a spokesman for Azerbaijan's Foreign Affairs Ministry,
reported the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic
Parliament condemned "ethnic cleansing" in Khojaly. The document
adopted by the Committee also "recognizes the territorial integrity"
of Azerbaijan referring to Nagorno-Karabakh as to its part.
On February 21, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic
said in a statement the adopted draft resolution has no relevance to
the policy of the Ministry.
"I have already replied to my Czech counterpart-the chairman of the
foreign affairs committee of the parliament lower chamber. In my
letter, I expressed all our concern about this matter," Zaqaryan told
reporters in Novosti International press center in Yerevan.
Zaqaryan also added the letter clarifies Armenian official position
on this draft resolution.
Zaqaryan expressed his hopes that the Czech Republic will respond
to the position of the Armenian side detailed in the letter, adding
such format of communication plays an important role in resolving
many issues between states.
Armenia will make all the possible efforts to stave off any attempts
of Azerbaijan to propagate anti-Armenian policy in foreign parliaments,
according to him.
"We will organize responsive events and undertake any steps to make
these societies learn the real truth about these events and not
believe the falsified information," he said.
On February 25-26, 1992, Karabakh self-defense military units initiated
a military operation to unblock the only airport in the republic near
Khojaly village and to neutralize the enemy's weapon emplacements
in the village itself. The assaulting units of Nagorno-Karabakh
self-defense force left a security corridor for civilians to leave
and the Azeri side was notified of it in advance.
But Azerbaijani authorities did not take any actions to withdraw
civilians from the combat zone. Moreover, the column of civilians was
shot on the territory under Azeri control. Experts believe "Khojaly"
was organized by Azerbaijani nationalists for political purposes.
On April 10, 1992, the regular army units of Azerbaijan attacked on
the village and ruined it.
As Azerbaijan declared its independence from the Soviet Union and
removed the powers held by the Karabakh's government, the Armenian
majority voted in 1991, December 10, to secede from Azerbaijan and
in the process proclaimed the enclave the Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh.
Full-scale fighting, initiated by Azerbaijan, erupted in the late
winter of 1992. International mediation by several groups including
Europe's OSCE's failed to bring an end resolution that both sides
could work with.
In the spring of 1993, Armenian forces captured regions
outside the enclave itself. By the end of the war in 1994,
the Armenians were in full control of most of the enclave
and also held and currently control seven regions beyond the
administrative borders of Nagorno-Karabakh. Almost 1 million
people on both sides have been displaced as a result of the
conflict. A Russian- -brokered ceasefire was signed in May 1994
and peace talks, mediated by the OSCE Minsk Group, have been
held ever since by Armenia and Azerbaijan. -0- - See more at:
http://arka.am/en/news/politics/armenia_s_parliament_expresses_concern_over_khojal y_draft_resolution_adopted_by_czech_parliament_com/#sthash.XGN70DgM.dpuf
From: Baghdasarian