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SAMVEL FARMANYAN: DRAFT JOINT STATEMENT PROPOSED BY EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT MEMBERS DID NOT COMPLY WITH THE SPIRIT AND LETTER OF EQUAL PARTNERSHIP
by Ashot Safaryan
Tuesday, February 11, 20:49
The draft joint statement proposed by the European Parliament members
did not comply with the spirit and letter of equal partnership, Samvel
Farmanyan, Armenian Co-Chair of the Armenia-EU Inter-Parliamentary
Cooperation Committee, said at today's press conference.
As regards the results of the Committee's 14th session on Feb 5-6 in
Strasbourg, where the parties failed to coordinate the text of the
joint statement, Farmanyan said that the European parliamentarians
have some misunderstanding on Armenia's latest foreign political
decisions related to the intention to join the Customs Union.
"According to the Regulations of the Inter-Parliamentary Cooperation
Committee, such sessions are usually followed by adoption of a
statement by the two equal parties to the document, which should
have included the Armenia-EU relations, Armenian-Turkish relations
and the Karabakh problem", said Farmanyan.
He said that Armenia proposed its own draft statement regarding the
Karabakh conflict. European parliamentarians, in turn, proposed their
own version. Moreover, the European Co-Chair of the Committee told
Farmanyan that the formulations express the joint opinion of all
political parties and that the document might not be debated.
"Actually, the document should have been adopted by the two
equal parties. In this context, the statement that the European
partners' version may not be debated runs counter to the logic of
equal partnership. Furthermore, the formulations they proposed were
unacceptable and failed to contribute to peaceful settlement of the
Karabakh conflict. They also could cause some discrepancies", he said.
When commenting on the accusations of the Armenian Delegation's
members who say that Farmanyan took decisions single-handedly,
Farmanyan said that he was short of time. "We had very little time
to discuss and come to a consensus on the text of the statement. In
such situations, the obligation of the head of the Committee is to
assume some responsibility for the decisions. And I assumed that
responsibility. I consider that the Europeans' document contained
formulations running counter to our stance on the Karabakh peace
process", he said. He also expressed his readiness to discuss that
document in professional circles and give clear reasons for his
behavior if necessary.
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by Ashot Safaryan
Tuesday, February 11, 20:49
The draft joint statement proposed by the European Parliament members
did not comply with the spirit and letter of equal partnership, Samvel
Farmanyan, Armenian Co-Chair of the Armenia-EU Inter-Parliamentary
Cooperation Committee, said at today's press conference.
As regards the results of the Committee's 14th session on Feb 5-6 in
Strasbourg, where the parties failed to coordinate the text of the
joint statement, Farmanyan said that the European parliamentarians
have some misunderstanding on Armenia's latest foreign political
decisions related to the intention to join the Customs Union.
"According to the Regulations of the Inter-Parliamentary Cooperation
Committee, such sessions are usually followed by adoption of a
statement by the two equal parties to the document, which should
have included the Armenia-EU relations, Armenian-Turkish relations
and the Karabakh problem", said Farmanyan.
He said that Armenia proposed its own draft statement regarding the
Karabakh conflict. European parliamentarians, in turn, proposed their
own version. Moreover, the European Co-Chair of the Committee told
Farmanyan that the formulations express the joint opinion of all
political parties and that the document might not be debated.
"Actually, the document should have been adopted by the two
equal parties. In this context, the statement that the European
partners' version may not be debated runs counter to the logic of
equal partnership. Furthermore, the formulations they proposed were
unacceptable and failed to contribute to peaceful settlement of the
Karabakh conflict. They also could cause some discrepancies", he said.
When commenting on the accusations of the Armenian Delegation's
members who say that Farmanyan took decisions single-handedly,
Farmanyan said that he was short of time. "We had very little time
to discuss and come to a consensus on the text of the statement. In
such situations, the obligation of the head of the Committee is to
assume some responsibility for the decisions. And I assumed that
responsibility. I consider that the Europeans' document contained
formulations running counter to our stance on the Karabakh peace
process", he said. He also expressed his readiness to discuss that
document in professional circles and give clear reasons for his
behavior if necessary.
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