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KHRISTENKO: NAGORNO KARABAKH MAY BE ELIGIBLE TO JOIN CUSTOMS UNION ONLY AFTER SETTLEMENT OF CONFLICT WITH AZERBAIJAN
YEREVAN, November 7. /ARKA/. Nagorno-Karabakh Republic may be eligible
to join the Customs Union only after settlement of Karabakh conflict
and determination of its status, Viktor Khristenko, head of the
Eurasian Economic Commission, said Thursday as met with the Yerevan
State University's professors and students.
Along with that, Khristenko stressed that the conflict can't bar
Armenia from joining the Customs Union, and added that membership
would even improve things over Nagorno Karabakh.
Khristenko also turned to Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko's
recent remark.
The latter said at his meeting with representatives of CIS countries
that Azerbaijani authorities' opinion should be taken into account
before accepting Armenia into the Customs Union, since there are many
unsolved problems between the two countries.
Khristenko said that Lukashenko has no right to comment on a statement
of the sovereign country president and added that only consent of
members of the Customs Union is needed to accept a candidate.
In early September, Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan and his Russian
counterpart, Vladimir Putin, made a joint statement, according to
which Armenia has decided to join the Customs Union and to take part
in formation of the Eurasian Union in the future.
Karabakh conflict broke out in 1988 when Karabakh, mainly populated
by Armenians, declared its independence from Azerbaijan.
On December 10, 1991, a few days after the collapse of the Soviet
Union, a referendum took place in Nagorno-Karabakh, and the majority
of the population (99.89%) voted for secession from Azerbaijan.
Afterwards, large-scale military operations began. As a result,
Azerbaijan lost control over Nagorno-Karabakh and the seven regions
adjacent to it.
Some 30,000 people were killed in this war and about one million
people fled their homes.
On May 12, 1994, the Bishkek cease-fire agreement put an end to the
military operations.
Since 1992, talks brokered by OSCE Minsk Group are being held over
peaceful settlement of the conflict. The group is co-chaired by USA,
Russia and France. -0---
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YEREVAN, November 7. /ARKA/. Nagorno-Karabakh Republic may be eligible
to join the Customs Union only after settlement of Karabakh conflict
and determination of its status, Viktor Khristenko, head of the
Eurasian Economic Commission, said Thursday as met with the Yerevan
State University's professors and students.
Along with that, Khristenko stressed that the conflict can't bar
Armenia from joining the Customs Union, and added that membership
would even improve things over Nagorno Karabakh.
Khristenko also turned to Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko's
recent remark.
The latter said at his meeting with representatives of CIS countries
that Azerbaijani authorities' opinion should be taken into account
before accepting Armenia into the Customs Union, since there are many
unsolved problems between the two countries.
Khristenko said that Lukashenko has no right to comment on a statement
of the sovereign country president and added that only consent of
members of the Customs Union is needed to accept a candidate.
In early September, Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan and his Russian
counterpart, Vladimir Putin, made a joint statement, according to
which Armenia has decided to join the Customs Union and to take part
in formation of the Eurasian Union in the future.
Karabakh conflict broke out in 1988 when Karabakh, mainly populated
by Armenians, declared its independence from Azerbaijan.
On December 10, 1991, a few days after the collapse of the Soviet
Union, a referendum took place in Nagorno-Karabakh, and the majority
of the population (99.89%) voted for secession from Azerbaijan.
Afterwards, large-scale military operations began. As a result,
Azerbaijan lost control over Nagorno-Karabakh and the seven regions
adjacent to it.
Some 30,000 people were killed in this war and about one million
people fled their homes.
On May 12, 1994, the Bishkek cease-fire agreement put an end to the
military operations.
Since 1992, talks brokered by OSCE Minsk Group are being held over
peaceful settlement of the conflict. The group is co-chaired by USA,
Russia and France. -0---
- See more at:
http://arka.am/en/news/politics/khristenko_nagorno_karabakh_may_be_eligible_to_joi n_customs_union_only_after_settlement_of_conflict_/#sthash.U1sutgd0.dpuf