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AZERBAIJAN SEEKS TO DERAIL NEGOTIATION PROCESS
16:37 * 09.12.14
It is obvious to all the sides concerned over and well-informed of
the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict that the priority aim of Azerbaijan's
provocations is to derail the peace process, Artak Zakaryan,
Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, Parliament of Armenia,
told Tert.am as he commented on the Tuesday incident, which claimed
an Armenian serviceman's life.
"Azerbaijan is ready for any mean act," Mr Zakaryan said.
The Azerbaijani leadership's actions are aimed at their own people,
which is a means of diverting public attention from Azerbaijan's
domestic problems - human rights and social management.
"However, Azerbaijan's priority aim is to derail the peace process,"
the MP said.
It is time for the international community to make specifically
addressed statements and calls.
"The mediators' status is clear in the context of the OSCE Minsk Group,
which implies a certain approach.
However, we should consider the fact that, as a party to the conflict,
Azerbaijan is making use of the need for diplomatic language in a
cynical manner and seeking to force the peace process to stop following
its normal course. It is Azerbaijan's style and it is retaliation
that can keep Azerbaijan from its cynical actions," Mr Zakaryan said.
According to him, diplomatic means in combination with military means
could curb Azerbaijan's aggression.
"We should consider the fact that our aim is a comprehensive
and peaceful settlement of the conflict and full exercise of
Nagorno-Karabakh's right to self-determination."
"Azerbaijan must feel the international community's attitude and,
should it derail the peace process, it will become a target for the
international community, which Azerbaijan fails to realize now,"
Mr Zakaryan said.
Larisa Alaverdyan, Armenia's first omnudsman who now heads the NGO
Against the Violation of Law, said not only the countries representing
the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe's Minsk Group
but also British Petroleum (for which Azerbaijan is a colony) have
economically made clear that they would now allow any large-scale
armed incidents or war.
"That's why Azerbaijan is doing everything typical to bandits. So it
will never change its policies," she noted.
As for the international organizations' reaction, Alaverdyan said
she doesn't think that their statements are a sufficient tool to
restrain the country. "If the Council of Europe, of which Azerbaijan
is now chair, deprived the country of the right to vote, as well as
presidency against the backdrop of these incidents and the persecutions
against human rights activists, that would be a signal," she added.
http://www.tert.am/en/news/2014/12/09/azerpeaceprocess/1530618
16:37 * 09.12.14
It is obvious to all the sides concerned over and well-informed of
the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict that the priority aim of Azerbaijan's
provocations is to derail the peace process, Artak Zakaryan,
Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, Parliament of Armenia,
told Tert.am as he commented on the Tuesday incident, which claimed
an Armenian serviceman's life.
"Azerbaijan is ready for any mean act," Mr Zakaryan said.
The Azerbaijani leadership's actions are aimed at their own people,
which is a means of diverting public attention from Azerbaijan's
domestic problems - human rights and social management.
"However, Azerbaijan's priority aim is to derail the peace process,"
the MP said.
It is time for the international community to make specifically
addressed statements and calls.
"The mediators' status is clear in the context of the OSCE Minsk Group,
which implies a certain approach.
However, we should consider the fact that, as a party to the conflict,
Azerbaijan is making use of the need for diplomatic language in a
cynical manner and seeking to force the peace process to stop following
its normal course. It is Azerbaijan's style and it is retaliation
that can keep Azerbaijan from its cynical actions," Mr Zakaryan said.
According to him, diplomatic means in combination with military means
could curb Azerbaijan's aggression.
"We should consider the fact that our aim is a comprehensive
and peaceful settlement of the conflict and full exercise of
Nagorno-Karabakh's right to self-determination."
"Azerbaijan must feel the international community's attitude and,
should it derail the peace process, it will become a target for the
international community, which Azerbaijan fails to realize now,"
Mr Zakaryan said.
Larisa Alaverdyan, Armenia's first omnudsman who now heads the NGO
Against the Violation of Law, said not only the countries representing
the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe's Minsk Group
but also British Petroleum (for which Azerbaijan is a colony) have
economically made clear that they would now allow any large-scale
armed incidents or war.
"That's why Azerbaijan is doing everything typical to bandits. So it
will never change its policies," she noted.
As for the international organizations' reaction, Alaverdyan said
she doesn't think that their statements are a sufficient tool to
restrain the country. "If the Council of Europe, of which Azerbaijan
is now chair, deprived the country of the right to vote, as well as
presidency against the backdrop of these incidents and the persecutions
against human rights activists, that would be a signal," she added.
http://www.tert.am/en/news/2014/12/09/azerpeaceprocess/1530618