Yerevan hopes for efficient meeting between Armenian and Azerbaijani presidents
30.04.2009,
21:28
Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandyan hopes the coming meeting between Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan and his Azerbaijani counterpart Ilkham Aliev in Prague will produce results.
YEREVAN, April 29. /ARKA/. Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandyan hopes the coming meeting between Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan and his Azerbaijani counterpart Ilkham Aliev in Prague will produce results.
He said that some progress is seen in Karabakh process, since the Azerbaijani president has already admits the necessity to settle the matter by grounding on principles of the international law.
The two presidents have already met three times in St. Petersburg, Moscow and Zurich.
Nalbandyan hopes that the presidents’ meeting will bring the conflicting sides’ stances closer to each other.
He remembered that Azerbaijan once rejected any negotiation based on Madrid proposals and tried to impose anti-Armenian resolution to the UN General Assembly.
But the resolution was voted down by the General Assembly. Not a single EU member country voted in favor of it. Only 39 of 192 UN member countries supported the Turkey-proposed resolution.
“Long months Azerbaijan tried to impose the resolution as base for the talks, pointed out only one principle – territorial integrity – and issued bellicose statements”, Nalbandyan said.
He remembered that Baku had taken certain destructive steps in United Nations also in 2009, but co-chair countries had condemned them.
The minister said that international organizations issued many favorable-to-Armenia statements recently.
As an example, he singled out Moscow Declaration signed by Armenian, Azerbaijani and Russian presidents, though a few days later Azerbaijan called into question some clauses of the declaration.
Nalbandyan also pointed out three other documents signed in Helsinki in December 2008.
The first of them was signed by foreign ministers of 56 OSCE countries, the second by foreign ministers of OSCE Minsk Group co-chair countries and third was EU statement.-0---
He said that some progress is seen in Karabakh process, since the Azerbaijani president has already admits the necessity to settle the matter by grounding on principles of the international law.
The two presidents have already met three times in St. Petersburg, Moscow and Zurich.
Nalbandyan hopes that the presidents’ meeting will bring the conflicting sides’ stances closer to each other.
He remembered that Azerbaijan once rejected any negotiation based on Madrid proposals and tried to impose anti-Armenian resolution to the UN General Assembly.
But the resolution was voted down by the General Assembly. Not a single EU member country voted in favor of it. Only 39 of 192 UN member countries supported the Turkey-proposed resolution.
“Long months Azerbaijan tried to impose the resolution as base for the talks, pointed out only one principle – territorial integrity – and issued bellicose statements”, Nalbandyan said.
He remembered that Baku had taken certain destructive steps in United Nations also in 2009, but co-chair countries had condemned them.
The minister said that international organizations issued many favorable-to-Armenia statements recently.
As an example, he singled out Moscow Declaration signed by Armenian, Azerbaijani and Russian presidents, though a few days later Azerbaijan called into question some clauses of the declaration.
Nalbandyan also pointed out three other documents signed in Helsinki in December 2008.
The first of them was signed by foreign ministers of 56 OSCE countries, the second by foreign ministers of OSCE Minsk Group co-chair countries and third was EU statement.-0---
