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Canada's Ambassador to Armenia speaks on several matters - newspaper
NEWS.AM
March 23, 2013 | 08:54
YEREVAN. - Canada was one of the first countries to recognize the
Armenian Genocide. What was the reason for this recognition? In
response to this question by Aravot daily, Canada's Ambassador to
Armenia, John C. Sloan - whose diplomatic residence is in Moscow - ,
responded as follows:
`This was a step by the legislative body of Canada. I believe
different parliaments had different objectives for this.'
``Mr. Ambassador, considering the fact that Canada was one of the
first to recognize the Genocide, do you consider it a likely option
that Canada could review its approach in the Nagorno-Karabakh [NK]
issue and take a tougher stance here, as well?
In the settlement of the NK issue Canada assists the process that is
continuing within the framework of the OSCE Minsk Group. Canada will
continue to assist so that a long-term agreement is signed between
Armenia and Azerbaijan. I do not think that Canada will take any
initiative beyond the OSCE mandate.'
Reflecting on the extradition [to] and glorification [in Azerbaijan]
of [Ramil] Safarov [the Azerbaijani army officer who had killed with
an axe Armenian soldier Gurgen Margaryan in Budapest back in 2004 and
who was released in Azerbaijan last year, following his extradition to
that country from Hungary], the [Canadian] ambassador noted that this
step by Azerbaijan does not contribute to the process of
confidence-building.
The ambassador also responded to the query on making investments in
Armenia, [and] noted that Canadian investors are more interested in an
institutional system that operates transparently. `They want to see
institutional structures, a customs and a tax system that operate
firmly,'' Aravot daily writes.
From: A. Papazian
NEWS.AM
March 23, 2013 | 08:54
YEREVAN. - Canada was one of the first countries to recognize the
Armenian Genocide. What was the reason for this recognition? In
response to this question by Aravot daily, Canada's Ambassador to
Armenia, John C. Sloan - whose diplomatic residence is in Moscow - ,
responded as follows:
`This was a step by the legislative body of Canada. I believe
different parliaments had different objectives for this.'
``Mr. Ambassador, considering the fact that Canada was one of the
first to recognize the Genocide, do you consider it a likely option
that Canada could review its approach in the Nagorno-Karabakh [NK]
issue and take a tougher stance here, as well?
In the settlement of the NK issue Canada assists the process that is
continuing within the framework of the OSCE Minsk Group. Canada will
continue to assist so that a long-term agreement is signed between
Armenia and Azerbaijan. I do not think that Canada will take any
initiative beyond the OSCE mandate.'
Reflecting on the extradition [to] and glorification [in Azerbaijan]
of [Ramil] Safarov [the Azerbaijani army officer who had killed with
an axe Armenian soldier Gurgen Margaryan in Budapest back in 2004 and
who was released in Azerbaijan last year, following his extradition to
that country from Hungary], the [Canadian] ambassador noted that this
step by Azerbaijan does not contribute to the process of
confidence-building.
The ambassador also responded to the query on making investments in
Armenia, [and] noted that Canadian investors are more interested in an
institutional system that operates transparently. `They want to see
institutional structures, a customs and a tax system that operate
firmly,'' Aravot daily writes.
From: A. Papazian