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Yerevan tells Kyiv stance on right to self-determination unchanged
March 22, 2014 - 13:30 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia's principled stance on people's right to
self-determination, repeatedly expressed on numerous occasions,
remains unchanged, Deputy Foreign Minister Shavarsh Kocharyan said at
the Friday, March 21 meeting with Ukrainian envoy Ivan Kukhta, Armenia
Now reported.
Earlier that day Kukhta was recalled by Kyiv over Armenia's stance on
the Crimean referendum expressed during a telephone conversation
between President Serzh Sargsyan and his Russian counterpart Vladimir
Putin.
According to the presidential press service, during their March 19
telephone conversation the two leaders "shared opinions regarding the
crisis in Ukraine and the ways out of it." "In that context the
Presidents touched upon the situation after the referendum in Crimea
and stated that the latter constitutes another case of exercising
peoples' right to self-determination through free expression of will.
At the same time the Presidents stressed the importance of committing
to the norms and principles of the international law, first and
foremost the UN Charter," the press release said.
As reported by the Foreign Ministry's official website, at the meeting
with the envoy, Kocharyan also stressed that "the centuries-old
relations between the friendly peoples of Armenia and Ukraine form a
solid basis on which the interaction between the two countries is
built."
Earlier on Friday, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, through
an official, warned Yerevan of "serious damage" to bilateral ties and
demanded an official explanation regarding its stance on Crimea's
secession from Ukraine and annexation to Russia. At the same time,
Ukraine's Deputy Foreign Minister Danilo Lubkivsky said that Armenia's
ambassador in Kyiv had twice been summoned to the Ukrainian Foreign
Minister and handed an official note.
Meanwhile, the Armenian leader sought to reach out to the Ukrainian
people as he spoke during a presidential awards ceremony honoring
artists, writers and scientists.
Olena Fetisova, Ukrainian screenwriter, producer and co-director of a
new feature film about Soviet-Armenian filmmaker Sergey Paradjanov,
was among the honorees. The Ukrainian, however, decided against
accepting the award in protest against Sargsyan's de-facto acceptance
of the outcome of the internationally condemned referendum in Crimea.
http://www.panarmenian.net/eng/news/177142/
March 22, 2014 - 13:30 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia's principled stance on people's right to
self-determination, repeatedly expressed on numerous occasions,
remains unchanged, Deputy Foreign Minister Shavarsh Kocharyan said at
the Friday, March 21 meeting with Ukrainian envoy Ivan Kukhta, Armenia
Now reported.
Earlier that day Kukhta was recalled by Kyiv over Armenia's stance on
the Crimean referendum expressed during a telephone conversation
between President Serzh Sargsyan and his Russian counterpart Vladimir
Putin.
According to the presidential press service, during their March 19
telephone conversation the two leaders "shared opinions regarding the
crisis in Ukraine and the ways out of it." "In that context the
Presidents touched upon the situation after the referendum in Crimea
and stated that the latter constitutes another case of exercising
peoples' right to self-determination through free expression of will.
At the same time the Presidents stressed the importance of committing
to the norms and principles of the international law, first and
foremost the UN Charter," the press release said.
As reported by the Foreign Ministry's official website, at the meeting
with the envoy, Kocharyan also stressed that "the centuries-old
relations between the friendly peoples of Armenia and Ukraine form a
solid basis on which the interaction between the two countries is
built."
Earlier on Friday, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, through
an official, warned Yerevan of "serious damage" to bilateral ties and
demanded an official explanation regarding its stance on Crimea's
secession from Ukraine and annexation to Russia. At the same time,
Ukraine's Deputy Foreign Minister Danilo Lubkivsky said that Armenia's
ambassador in Kyiv had twice been summoned to the Ukrainian Foreign
Minister and handed an official note.
Meanwhile, the Armenian leader sought to reach out to the Ukrainian
people as he spoke during a presidential awards ceremony honoring
artists, writers and scientists.
Olena Fetisova, Ukrainian screenwriter, producer and co-director of a
new feature film about Soviet-Armenian filmmaker Sergey Paradjanov,
was among the honorees. The Ukrainian, however, decided against
accepting the award in protest against Sargsyan's de-facto acceptance
of the outcome of the internationally condemned referendum in Crimea.
http://www.panarmenian.net/eng/news/177142/