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NATO PARLIAMENTARY ASSEMBLY DISCUSSED ARMENIAN-AZERBAIJANI RELATIONS
14:04, 7 May, 2013
YEREVAN, MAY 7, ARMENPRESS: The regulation of relations between
Armenia, Azerbaijan and Turkey were discussed during the 3rd annual
NATO Parliamentary Assembly's 83rd Rose-Roth seminar in the capital
Tbilisi. According to Armenpress, this was stated by the head of the
delegation of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia in the
NATO Parliamentary Assembly Koryun Nahapetyan at the press conference
held on May 7.
The NATO Parliamentary Assembly's 83rd Rose-Roth seminar lasted for
three days and had quite a wide agenda.
Koryun Nahapetyan stated that very important were the discussions of
the relations of Armenia-Azerbaijan and Armenia-Turkey in the framework
of the regional reconciliation. "There we had the Armenian political
analyst, Alexander Iskanderian, who fears that despite the desire
of the Armenian side to settle relations with Turkey, the process of
the conflict resolution is frozen, for what official Ankara has to be
blamed as the expert said at the seminar. According to Iskanderian,
the situation is difficult, as the Karabakh conflict remains unsolved
and meanwhile Turkey is actively lobbing in support of Azerbaijan. The
expert said currently it is impossible to even speak about the ways
of stabilizing the relations between Armenia and Turkey."
As reported by the head of the delegation of the National Assembly of
the Republic of Armenia in the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, another
speaker was Dennis Sammut, who said that there was stagnation in the
Karabakh peace process and the protocols signed between Armenia and
Turkey in 2009 have failed to be taken to their natural conclusion. He
said there was a need to learn from the lessons of the last twenty
years and to consider what new initiatives were necessary to get the
region out of its present stalemate.
Koryun Nahapetyan noted that Azerbaijan continued to "sing its song"
even during the discussion of the issues, which did not have any
connection with the Armenia-Azerbaijan relations.
Another member of the Armenian delegation Tevan Poghosyan stated
that the new government of Georgia pays considerable attention to
the development of the economic programs and in this concern the
cooperation ways should be developed.
Despite the principally different opinions on the ways of conflict
settlement, all participants of the seminar agreed that there is no
way to solve the problem and stabilize the relations between Armenia,
Azerbaijan and Turkey without the participation of international
organizations and their missions.
The seminar was attended as well by the Prime Minister of Georgia
Bidzina Ivanishvili and the Minister of Defense.
14:04, 7 May, 2013
YEREVAN, MAY 7, ARMENPRESS: The regulation of relations between
Armenia, Azerbaijan and Turkey were discussed during the 3rd annual
NATO Parliamentary Assembly's 83rd Rose-Roth seminar in the capital
Tbilisi. According to Armenpress, this was stated by the head of the
delegation of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia in the
NATO Parliamentary Assembly Koryun Nahapetyan at the press conference
held on May 7.
The NATO Parliamentary Assembly's 83rd Rose-Roth seminar lasted for
three days and had quite a wide agenda.
Koryun Nahapetyan stated that very important were the discussions of
the relations of Armenia-Azerbaijan and Armenia-Turkey in the framework
of the regional reconciliation. "There we had the Armenian political
analyst, Alexander Iskanderian, who fears that despite the desire
of the Armenian side to settle relations with Turkey, the process of
the conflict resolution is frozen, for what official Ankara has to be
blamed as the expert said at the seminar. According to Iskanderian,
the situation is difficult, as the Karabakh conflict remains unsolved
and meanwhile Turkey is actively lobbing in support of Azerbaijan. The
expert said currently it is impossible to even speak about the ways
of stabilizing the relations between Armenia and Turkey."
As reported by the head of the delegation of the National Assembly of
the Republic of Armenia in the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, another
speaker was Dennis Sammut, who said that there was stagnation in the
Karabakh peace process and the protocols signed between Armenia and
Turkey in 2009 have failed to be taken to their natural conclusion. He
said there was a need to learn from the lessons of the last twenty
years and to consider what new initiatives were necessary to get the
region out of its present stalemate.
Koryun Nahapetyan noted that Azerbaijan continued to "sing its song"
even during the discussion of the issues, which did not have any
connection with the Armenia-Azerbaijan relations.
Another member of the Armenian delegation Tevan Poghosyan stated
that the new government of Georgia pays considerable attention to
the development of the economic programs and in this concern the
cooperation ways should be developed.
Despite the principally different opinions on the ways of conflict
settlement, all participants of the seminar agreed that there is no
way to solve the problem and stabilize the relations between Armenia,
Azerbaijan and Turkey without the participation of international
organizations and their missions.
The seminar was attended as well by the Prime Minister of Georgia
Bidzina Ivanishvili and the Minister of Defense.