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SERZH SARGSYAN: INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY'S POSITION IS THAT THERE IS NO ALTERNATIVE TO PEOPLES' RIGHT TO SELF- DETERMINATION
by Ashot Safaryan
Wednesday, March 18, 08:25
The keys to the Karabakh conflict settlement are not in Paris, Moscow
or Washington, but in Baku, Stepanakert and Yerevan, Armenian President
Serzh Sargsyan said on March 17, at the Opening Meeting of the Fourth
Ordinary Session of the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly.
The press office of the Armenian President quotes Serzh Sargsyan as
saying, "We are not going to transform this platform into a propaganda
tool or conduit to sow interethnic hostility, as it has been the case
in Azerbaijan. We will try to take best advantage of the opportunities
provided by this Assembly for the benefit of peaceful coexistence
and cooperation of our nations. The best testimony to what I just
stated was active participation of the Armenian delegations in a wide
range of events that took place in Azerbaijan, including the Ordinary
Session that took place in Baku back in 2012.
I regret that Azerbaijani side evades meeting us halfway by responding
to our steps towards constructive dialogue. It is though more
disturbing that our neighboring State demonstrates unconstructive and
maximalist stance in the very process of the peaceful resolution of
the Karabakh conflict by backtracking on the already agreed points,
by consistently trying to change the format of the OSCE Minsk Group
Co-Chairmanship or to launch negotiations on the great treaty without
registering agreement on the basic principles. It should be obvious
that the keys to the settlement of this issue are not located in Paris,
Moscow or Washington, but in Baku, Stepanakert and Yerevan.
Meanwhile, Azerbaijan invents far-fetched excuses in order to avoid
the settlement based on the principles proposed by the Co-Chairs.
I think such tactics of that country deserves unequivocal assessment
of the international community and European institutions.
Regardless of Azerbaijan's unrealistic claims and periodic provocations
carried out on the Line-of- Contact there is no alternative to the
peaceful resolution of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict. It has been the
position of international community, especially in the recent years,
that there is no alternative to the comprehensive settlement of this
conflict but by the exercise of the people's right to free expression
of their will and self-determination, which is grounded in the
European and universal values. This conflict can be comprehensively
settled through the free exercise of this right by the people of
Nagorno-Karabakh. That is the approach upon which the proposal of
the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs is built."
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by Ashot Safaryan
Wednesday, March 18, 08:25
The keys to the Karabakh conflict settlement are not in Paris, Moscow
or Washington, but in Baku, Stepanakert and Yerevan, Armenian President
Serzh Sargsyan said on March 17, at the Opening Meeting of the Fourth
Ordinary Session of the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly.
The press office of the Armenian President quotes Serzh Sargsyan as
saying, "We are not going to transform this platform into a propaganda
tool or conduit to sow interethnic hostility, as it has been the case
in Azerbaijan. We will try to take best advantage of the opportunities
provided by this Assembly for the benefit of peaceful coexistence
and cooperation of our nations. The best testimony to what I just
stated was active participation of the Armenian delegations in a wide
range of events that took place in Azerbaijan, including the Ordinary
Session that took place in Baku back in 2012.
I regret that Azerbaijani side evades meeting us halfway by responding
to our steps towards constructive dialogue. It is though more
disturbing that our neighboring State demonstrates unconstructive and
maximalist stance in the very process of the peaceful resolution of
the Karabakh conflict by backtracking on the already agreed points,
by consistently trying to change the format of the OSCE Minsk Group
Co-Chairmanship or to launch negotiations on the great treaty without
registering agreement on the basic principles. It should be obvious
that the keys to the settlement of this issue are not located in Paris,
Moscow or Washington, but in Baku, Stepanakert and Yerevan.
Meanwhile, Azerbaijan invents far-fetched excuses in order to avoid
the settlement based on the principles proposed by the Co-Chairs.
I think such tactics of that country deserves unequivocal assessment
of the international community and European institutions.
Regardless of Azerbaijan's unrealistic claims and periodic provocations
carried out on the Line-of- Contact there is no alternative to the
peaceful resolution of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict. It has been the
position of international community, especially in the recent years,
that there is no alternative to the comprehensive settlement of this
conflict but by the exercise of the people's right to free expression
of their will and self-determination, which is grounded in the
European and universal values. This conflict can be comprehensively
settled through the free exercise of this right by the people of
Nagorno-Karabakh. That is the approach upon which the proposal of
the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs is built."
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