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AZERBAIJAN CALLS ON EU TO SHOW SAME SENSITIVITY FOR NAGORNO-KARABAKH OVER CRIMEA
Hurriyet Daily News, Turkey
March 25 2014
ISTANBUL
A man passes a mural showing a map of Crimea in the Russian national
colours on a street in Moscow March 25, 2014. REUTERS Photo
Azerbaijan has called on the European Union to show the same
sensitivity as it has displayed for Ukraine on Crimea on the
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, which remains frozen after a two-decade
stalemate.
Elkhan Suleymanov, chair of the Azerbaijan delegation to the EuroNest
Parliamentary Assembly and a member of the Council of Europe,
addressed top EU officials over the issue last week, saying there
were "strong discrepancies in the behavior of the European Union
related to such illegal attacks against the territorial integrity
and sovereignty of countries in the Eastern Partnership of the EU"
vis-a-vis the Crimean crisis.
While supporting the territorial integrity of Ukraine, Suleymanov
criticized the "double standards" of the EU, demanding that European
institutions show the same level of support, through declarations
and supportive actions for Azerbaijan and its territorial integrity,
as it has done for Ukraine.
Armenian-backed separatists took Nagorno-Karabakh, a region with
a significant Armenian population, from Azerbaijan in a war in the
early 1990s that claimed an estimated 30,000 lives. A 1994 cease-fire
ended major hostilities, but no peace accord has been reached, and
clashes regularly erupt. About 20 troops from either side have been
killed on the frontier in the past year.
Last week, Ukraine's interim government recalled its ambassador to
Yerevan for consultations after Armenia's president backed Russia's
annexation of Crimea. Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan told Russian
counterpart Vladimir Putin in a phone call that Moscow's annexation
Crimea was a "model for the realization of self-determination."
"I want to remind you that Nagorno-Karabakh is not a frozen conflict
and that it deserves just as much attention as does the crisis in
Ukraine," Suleymanov said, warning that it was a dangerous source of
instability for the entire South Caucasus.
March/25/2014
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/azerbaijan-calls-on-eu-to-show-same-sensitivity-for-nagorno-karabakh-over-crimea.aspx?pageID=238&nID=64072&NewsCatID=359
Hurriyet Daily News, Turkey
March 25 2014
ISTANBUL
A man passes a mural showing a map of Crimea in the Russian national
colours on a street in Moscow March 25, 2014. REUTERS Photo
Azerbaijan has called on the European Union to show the same
sensitivity as it has displayed for Ukraine on Crimea on the
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, which remains frozen after a two-decade
stalemate.
Elkhan Suleymanov, chair of the Azerbaijan delegation to the EuroNest
Parliamentary Assembly and a member of the Council of Europe,
addressed top EU officials over the issue last week, saying there
were "strong discrepancies in the behavior of the European Union
related to such illegal attacks against the territorial integrity
and sovereignty of countries in the Eastern Partnership of the EU"
vis-a-vis the Crimean crisis.
While supporting the territorial integrity of Ukraine, Suleymanov
criticized the "double standards" of the EU, demanding that European
institutions show the same level of support, through declarations
and supportive actions for Azerbaijan and its territorial integrity,
as it has done for Ukraine.
Armenian-backed separatists took Nagorno-Karabakh, a region with
a significant Armenian population, from Azerbaijan in a war in the
early 1990s that claimed an estimated 30,000 lives. A 1994 cease-fire
ended major hostilities, but no peace accord has been reached, and
clashes regularly erupt. About 20 troops from either side have been
killed on the frontier in the past year.
Last week, Ukraine's interim government recalled its ambassador to
Yerevan for consultations after Armenia's president backed Russia's
annexation of Crimea. Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan told Russian
counterpart Vladimir Putin in a phone call that Moscow's annexation
Crimea was a "model for the realization of self-determination."
"I want to remind you that Nagorno-Karabakh is not a frozen conflict
and that it deserves just as much attention as does the crisis in
Ukraine," Suleymanov said, warning that it was a dangerous source of
instability for the entire South Caucasus.
March/25/2014
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/azerbaijan-calls-on-eu-to-show-same-sensitivity-for-nagorno-karabakh-over-crimea.aspx?pageID=238&nID=64072&NewsCatID=359