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March 1, 2013 Friday 2:28 PM EET
Individual initiatives on Nagorno-Karabakh are not Lithuania's
official position - chair
VILNIUS, Mar 01, BNS - Initiatives of individual members of the Seimas
to establish a group of friendship with the world's unrecognized
Nagorno-Karabakh Republic do not reflect Lithuania's official
position, Chairman of the Seimas Committee on Foreign Affaiirs,
Benediktas Juodka, said after a Friday meeting with Azerbaijani
Ambassador to Lithuania Hasan Mammadzada in Vilnius.
"It was confirmed at the meeting that Lithuania's official position on
the issues of relations with foreign countries are reflected by
existing international treaties and remain unchanged. The chairman of
the Seimas Committee on Foreign Affairs underlined that statements and
initiatives of individual members of the Seimas or their groups do not
reflect the Seimas' official position," the statement issued after the
meeting reads.
It also states that "the establishment and activity of
inter-parliamentary, parliamentary and friendship groups have to match
the goals and principles of Lithuania's foreign policy."
"Juodka assured the ambassador of the Republic of Azerbaijan that the
Committee had asked the Seimas management for the establishment of a
clearer procedure of the establishment of inter-parliamentary groups
and their activities," the Seimas Public Relations Unit said in the
statement.
An event was held at the Seimas earlier this week and the
Nagorno-Karabakh's foreign minister attended it. It was decided at the
event to establish a friendship group with Nagorno-Karabakh.
The Azerbaijani ambassador later handed in a diplomatic note to the
Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in which he said that "it can
have a negative impact on our bilateral relations."
With support from Armenia's capital Yerevan, ethnic Armenian
separatists took control over Nagorno-Karabakh during the war in the
last decade of the 20 th century, which killed about 30,000 people. No
countries have recognized Nagorno Karabakh's independence, the
international community deems the region part of Azerbaijan.
Azerbaijan has repeatedly threatened to get back control over
Nagorno-Karabakh by force.
March 1, 2013 Friday 2:28 PM EET
Individual initiatives on Nagorno-Karabakh are not Lithuania's
official position - chair
VILNIUS, Mar 01, BNS - Initiatives of individual members of the Seimas
to establish a group of friendship with the world's unrecognized
Nagorno-Karabakh Republic do not reflect Lithuania's official
position, Chairman of the Seimas Committee on Foreign Affaiirs,
Benediktas Juodka, said after a Friday meeting with Azerbaijani
Ambassador to Lithuania Hasan Mammadzada in Vilnius.
"It was confirmed at the meeting that Lithuania's official position on
the issues of relations with foreign countries are reflected by
existing international treaties and remain unchanged. The chairman of
the Seimas Committee on Foreign Affairs underlined that statements and
initiatives of individual members of the Seimas or their groups do not
reflect the Seimas' official position," the statement issued after the
meeting reads.
It also states that "the establishment and activity of
inter-parliamentary, parliamentary and friendship groups have to match
the goals and principles of Lithuania's foreign policy."
"Juodka assured the ambassador of the Republic of Azerbaijan that the
Committee had asked the Seimas management for the establishment of a
clearer procedure of the establishment of inter-parliamentary groups
and their activities," the Seimas Public Relations Unit said in the
statement.
An event was held at the Seimas earlier this week and the
Nagorno-Karabakh's foreign minister attended it. It was decided at the
event to establish a friendship group with Nagorno-Karabakh.
The Azerbaijani ambassador later handed in a diplomatic note to the
Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in which he said that "it can
have a negative impact on our bilateral relations."
With support from Armenia's capital Yerevan, ethnic Armenian
separatists took control over Nagorno-Karabakh during the war in the
last decade of the 20 th century, which killed about 30,000 people. No
countries have recognized Nagorno Karabakh's independence, the
international community deems the region part of Azerbaijan.
Azerbaijan has repeatedly threatened to get back control over
Nagorno-Karabakh by force.