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ARMENIA ACCUSED OF RESETTLING SYRIAN REFUGEES IN A DISPUTED TERRITORY
www.WorldBulletin.Net, Turkey
Oct 3 2013
Azerbaijan's UN ambassador said that Armenia had initiated a "very
dangerous process" by transferring Syrian Armenians into the region.
World Bulletin / News Desk
Azerbaijan accused Armenia of resettling Syrian refugees in the
disputed territory of Nagorny Karabakh, over which the two have been
fighting for decades.
According to AFP`s report, Azerbaijan's UN ambassador said on Wednesday
that Armenia had initiated a "very dangerous process" by transferring
Syrian Armenians into the region.
Armenian authorities confirm that they have accepted more than 10,000
ethnic Armenians. However, they deny the claims that they moved Syrian
Armenians into Nagorny Karabakh. Armenia`s UN envoy called the charges
as "lies and distortion."
Armenian-backed separatists, supported by the Armenian government,
gained the control of Nagorny Karabakh from Azerbaijan in a war in
the early 1990s that claimed an estimated 30,000 lives. Although
a 1994 ceasefire ended major hostilities, there is still no peace
accord has been reached by the sides. Occasional clashes erupt on
a regular basis. Exchanges of fires throughout this year caused the
death of 20 troops from either side.
Azerbaijan's UN envoy Agshin Mehdiyev held a news conference yesterday
and said "We continue to receive the reports testifying to purposeful
(Armenian) attempts aimed at encouraging some categories of Syrian
refugees to move to other conflict affected areas."
He claimed that his government has information that the settlement
of Syrian refugees in occupied territories has already started.
Azerbaijan's Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov also raised the issue
in a speech to the UN General Assembly last week.
On the other side, Armenia's UN ambassador Garen Nazarian accused
Azerbaijan with using the Syrian conflict for political purposes
and refused the claim that Syrian Armenians have been moved into the
mentioned region.
www.WorldBulletin.Net, Turkey
Oct 3 2013
Azerbaijan's UN ambassador said that Armenia had initiated a "very
dangerous process" by transferring Syrian Armenians into the region.
World Bulletin / News Desk
Azerbaijan accused Armenia of resettling Syrian refugees in the
disputed territory of Nagorny Karabakh, over which the two have been
fighting for decades.
According to AFP`s report, Azerbaijan's UN ambassador said on Wednesday
that Armenia had initiated a "very dangerous process" by transferring
Syrian Armenians into the region.
Armenian authorities confirm that they have accepted more than 10,000
ethnic Armenians. However, they deny the claims that they moved Syrian
Armenians into Nagorny Karabakh. Armenia`s UN envoy called the charges
as "lies and distortion."
Armenian-backed separatists, supported by the Armenian government,
gained the control of Nagorny Karabakh from Azerbaijan in a war in
the early 1990s that claimed an estimated 30,000 lives. Although
a 1994 ceasefire ended major hostilities, there is still no peace
accord has been reached by the sides. Occasional clashes erupt on
a regular basis. Exchanges of fires throughout this year caused the
death of 20 troops from either side.
Azerbaijan's UN envoy Agshin Mehdiyev held a news conference yesterday
and said "We continue to receive the reports testifying to purposeful
(Armenian) attempts aimed at encouraging some categories of Syrian
refugees to move to other conflict affected areas."
He claimed that his government has information that the settlement
of Syrian refugees in occupied territories has already started.
Azerbaijan's Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov also raised the issue
in a speech to the UN General Assembly last week.
On the other side, Armenia's UN ambassador Garen Nazarian accused
Azerbaijan with using the Syrian conflict for political purposes
and refused the claim that Syrian Armenians have been moved into the
mentioned region.