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    SARKISIAN BACKS CRIMEAN REFERENDUM IN PHONE CALL WITH PUTIN

    Wednesday, March 19th, 2014

    Russian and Armenian Presidents Vladimir Putin and Serzh Sarkisian
    in Moscow, Sept. 3, 2013.

    YEREVAN--Revealing a more solid stance on the Ukranian crisis,
    Armenia's President Serzh Sarkisian, in a phone call with Russian
    President Vladimir Putin, apparently recognized Crimea's referendum
    to secede from Ukraine and join Russia.

    The President's press office announced that Sarkisian made the phone
    call on Wednesday to discuss the Ukrainian situation and "ways out
    of it." In that light, the press statement said, the two presidents
    agreed that the Crimean referendum was "yet another realization of
    peoples' right to self-determination."

    "The interlocutors also reaffirmed their belief in the importance of
    commitment to the norms and principles of international law and the
    UN charter," the statement added.

    The Russian side released a similar statement confirming the phone
    call but made no mention of Sarkisian's endorsement of the Crimean
    referendum to join Russia.

    Armenia has been careful not to take clear sides in the Ukrainian
    crisis given the West's strong condemnation of Russia's role and
    continuing actions in what is the biggest stand-off between the West
    and Russia since the Cold War.

    But Sarkisian's latest phone call is likely to draw negative reactions
    from Europe and the United States as it places Armenia squarely on
    the Russian side of the equation.

    The two presidents also discussed the Karabakh conflict's ongoing
    settlement process, according to the Armenian President's press
    office. Sarkisian expressed his side's readiness to work with the
    OSCE Minsk Group, the Co-Chairmen of which recently signaled another
    possible high level meeting between Sarkisian and Azeri President
    Ilham Aliyev.

    http://asbarez.com/120847/sarkisian-backs-crimean-referendum-in-phone-call-with-putin/

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