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ARMENIA TO ABSTAIN FROM VOTING ON UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY'S RESOLUTION ON UKRAINE- SPOKESMAN
YEREVAN, March 25. / ARKA /. Armenia will abstain from voting on
Thursday when the UN General Assembly is expected to vote on a draft
resolution on Ukraine, Tigran Balayan, an Armenian foreign ministry
spokesman, told Radio Liberty.
According to reports, the resolution urges all parties to pursue
a peaceful resolution of the situation in Ukraine, "refrain from
unilateral actions and inflammatory rhetoric that may increase
tensions, and to engage fully with international mediation efforts."
The document affirms the General Assembly's "commitment to the
sovereignty, political independence, unity and territorial integrity
of Ukraine within its internationally recognized borders."
It also calls on all states "to desist and refrain from actions
aimed at the partial or total disruption of the national unity and
territorial integrity of Ukraine, including any attempts to modify
Ukraine's borders through the threat or use of force or other unlawful
means."
The General Assembly's resolutions are not legally binding but they
reflect world opinion.
In a telephone conversation on March 19, Armenian President Serzh
Sarkisian and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin were quoted as
saying that the referendum in Crimea "constitutes another case of
exercise of peoples' right to self-determination via free expression
of will."
Ukraine responded to the statement by officially recalling its
ambassador from Armenia, warning of serious damage to bilateral ties
because of Armenia's recognition of the annexation of Crimea. -0-
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YEREVAN, March 25. / ARKA /. Armenia will abstain from voting on
Thursday when the UN General Assembly is expected to vote on a draft
resolution on Ukraine, Tigran Balayan, an Armenian foreign ministry
spokesman, told Radio Liberty.
According to reports, the resolution urges all parties to pursue
a peaceful resolution of the situation in Ukraine, "refrain from
unilateral actions and inflammatory rhetoric that may increase
tensions, and to engage fully with international mediation efforts."
The document affirms the General Assembly's "commitment to the
sovereignty, political independence, unity and territorial integrity
of Ukraine within its internationally recognized borders."
It also calls on all states "to desist and refrain from actions
aimed at the partial or total disruption of the national unity and
territorial integrity of Ukraine, including any attempts to modify
Ukraine's borders through the threat or use of force or other unlawful
means."
The General Assembly's resolutions are not legally binding but they
reflect world opinion.
In a telephone conversation on March 19, Armenian President Serzh
Sarkisian and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin were quoted as
saying that the referendum in Crimea "constitutes another case of
exercise of peoples' right to self-determination via free expression
of will."
Ukraine responded to the statement by officially recalling its
ambassador from Armenia, warning of serious damage to bilateral ties
because of Armenia's recognition of the annexation of Crimea. -0-
- See more at:
http://arka.am/en/news/politics/armenia_to_abstain_from_voting_on_un_general_assem bly_s_resolution_on_ukraine_spokesman_/#sthash.uthRji37.dpuf