Armenian parliament may pass statement blaming Azerbaijan for genocide
07.09.2009,
18:54
External relations commission of Armenian parliament discussed draft statement blaming Azerbaijan for genocide of Armenian population.
YEREVAN, September 7. /ARKA/. External relations commission of Armenian parliament discussed draft statement blaming Azerbaijan for genocide of Armenian population.
MP from Heritage opposition party Larissa Alaverdyan is the author of the draft statement about recognizing the crimes committed by Azerbaijani authorities toward Armenian population of Azerbaijani Soviet Republic and the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous district (later Nagorno-Karabakh Republic) in 1988-1992 as genocide.
Chairman of the external relations parliament commission Armen Rustamyan said he will be submitting an alternate draft on the matter and suggested Alaverdyan cooperating and proposing a joint draft, says the report.
Alaverdyan accepted the suggestion. The discussion of the issues has been postponed for 30 days.
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict started in 1988 when Nagorno-Karabakh with prevailingly Armenian population declared its withdrawal from Azerbaijan.
On December 10 1991, just a couple of days before the collapse of the Soviet Union, 99.89% of Karabakh’s population voted for full independence from Azerbaijan in a referendum held in the country in the presence of international observers.
In response, Azerbaijan launched a large-scale war against Nagorno-Karabakh. Active operations were ceased on May 12 1994 by signing a cease-fire agreement that has been maintained since then. The military operations led to about 25-30,000 deaths; a million of people had to leave their homes.
Since 1992 negotiations have been held on peaceful settlement of the conflict under the auspices of the OSCE Minsk Group co-chaired by the USA, Russia and France. –0—
MP from Heritage opposition party Larissa Alaverdyan is the author of the draft statement about recognizing the crimes committed by Azerbaijani authorities toward Armenian population of Azerbaijani Soviet Republic and the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous district (later Nagorno-Karabakh Republic) in 1988-1992 as genocide.
Chairman of the external relations parliament commission Armen Rustamyan said he will be submitting an alternate draft on the matter and suggested Alaverdyan cooperating and proposing a joint draft, says the report.
Alaverdyan accepted the suggestion. The discussion of the issues has been postponed for 30 days.
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict started in 1988 when Nagorno-Karabakh with prevailingly Armenian population declared its withdrawal from Azerbaijan.
On December 10 1991, just a couple of days before the collapse of the Soviet Union, 99.89% of Karabakh’s population voted for full independence from Azerbaijan in a referendum held in the country in the presence of international observers.
In response, Azerbaijan launched a large-scale war against Nagorno-Karabakh. Active operations were ceased on May 12 1994 by signing a cease-fire agreement that has been maintained since then. The military operations led to about 25-30,000 deaths; a million of people had to leave their homes.
Since 1992 negotiations have been held on peaceful settlement of the conflict under the auspices of the OSCE Minsk Group co-chaired by the USA, Russia and France. –0—
