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WASHINGTON: SPEECH OF HON. JOHN P. SARBANES OF MARYLAND IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13, 2013
US Official News
March 14, 2013 Thursday
The Library of Congress, The Government of USA has issued the following
news release:
Mr. SARBANES. Mr. Speaker, peace and stability in the Caucuses is in
the national interest of the United States and our European allies.
That means achieving a peaceful resolution to the rising tensions
between the peoples of Armenia and Azerbaijan. A final status of the
Nagorno Karabakh dispute must be achieved without resorting to war
and must be in keeping with democratic principles, the rule of law
and the protection of individual human rights.
Decades of Soviet rule and the continuing dispute over Nagorno
Karabakh have decimated the economy of Armenia. In stark contrast,
Azerbaijan now enjoys a growing economy from the extraction of natural
resources. This economic imbalance is further aggravated by the fact
that both Turkey and Azerbaijan have sealed their borders with Armenia,
with Azerbaijan pursuing an aggressive military build-up.
The United States must continue to press for resolution of the
Nagorno Karabakh dispute through the good offices and mechanisms
of international actors such as the Organization for Security and
Cooperation in Europe. We must be ever vigilant in decrying actions
that undermine such efforts. I concur with the Obama administration's
demand for an explanation of Azerbaijan's pardoning of Ramil Safarov.
Azerbaijan's decision to pardon Ramil Safarov after he was convicted
by a Hungarian court for the murder of an Armenian soldier while
participating in NATO's Partnership for Peace program is not only
unconscionable, it is a direct affront to NATO and its efforts to
bring peace and stability to conflict regions through the Partnership
for Peace program.
US Official News
March 14, 2013 Thursday
The Library of Congress, The Government of USA has issued the following
news release:
Mr. SARBANES. Mr. Speaker, peace and stability in the Caucuses is in
the national interest of the United States and our European allies.
That means achieving a peaceful resolution to the rising tensions
between the peoples of Armenia and Azerbaijan. A final status of the
Nagorno Karabakh dispute must be achieved without resorting to war
and must be in keeping with democratic principles, the rule of law
and the protection of individual human rights.
Decades of Soviet rule and the continuing dispute over Nagorno
Karabakh have decimated the economy of Armenia. In stark contrast,
Azerbaijan now enjoys a growing economy from the extraction of natural
resources. This economic imbalance is further aggravated by the fact
that both Turkey and Azerbaijan have sealed their borders with Armenia,
with Azerbaijan pursuing an aggressive military build-up.
The United States must continue to press for resolution of the
Nagorno Karabakh dispute through the good offices and mechanisms
of international actors such as the Organization for Security and
Cooperation in Europe. We must be ever vigilant in decrying actions
that undermine such efforts. I concur with the Obama administration's
demand for an explanation of Azerbaijan's pardoning of Ramil Safarov.
Azerbaijan's decision to pardon Ramil Safarov after he was convicted
by a Hungarian court for the murder of an Armenian soldier while
participating in NATO's Partnership for Peace program is not only
unconscionable, it is a direct affront to NATO and its efforts to
bring peace and stability to conflict regions through the Partnership
for Peace program.