Oskanian, Semneby point to importance of stabiity in Armenia
24.03.2008,
20:07
Stability in Armenia is a guarantee both for the country’s development and for the further implementation of regional programs, Armenian Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian and EU Special Envoy to the South Caucasus Peter Semneby stated in a meeting in Yerev
YEREVAN, March 24. /ARKA/. Stability in Armenia is a guarantee both for the country’s development and for the further implementation of regional programs, Armenian Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian and EU Special Envoy to the South Caucasus Peter Semneby stated in a meeting in Yerevan. Oskanian and Semneby discussed the post-election situation in Armenia and possible ways to regain public solidarity.
The twenty-day state of emergency imposed in Yerevan by President Robert Kocharyan expired on March 21. The decree on state of emergency was issued after the rallies of the opposition forces protesting against the results of February 19 presidential elections attributing victory to Prime Minister Serge Sargssyan turned into public unrest and clashes with the law-enforcement bodies in which 230 people were injured, and eight were killed.
Oskanian and Semneby also discussed the results of UN voting on the Karabakh resolution offered by Azerbaijan and the aftermath of the voting. On March 14, UN General Assembly passed the resolution on Karabakh demanding that Armenian forces be immediately pulled out of the “occupied” territories and that Azerbaijan’s rights to Nagorno-Karabakh and adjacent territories be confirmed. The resolution was adopted with 39 in favor, 7 against, and 100 abstentions. The United States, France and Russia, co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group, were among those who voted against. —0—
The twenty-day state of emergency imposed in Yerevan by President Robert Kocharyan expired on March 21. The decree on state of emergency was issued after the rallies of the opposition forces protesting against the results of February 19 presidential elections attributing victory to Prime Minister Serge Sargssyan turned into public unrest and clashes with the law-enforcement bodies in which 230 people were injured, and eight were killed.
Oskanian and Semneby also discussed the results of UN voting on the Karabakh resolution offered by Azerbaijan and the aftermath of the voting. On March 14, UN General Assembly passed the resolution on Karabakh demanding that Armenian forces be immediately pulled out of the “occupied” territories and that Azerbaijan’s rights to Nagorno-Karabakh and adjacent territories be confirmed. The resolution was adopted with 39 in favor, 7 against, and 100 abstentions. The United States, France and Russia, co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group, were among those who voted against. —0—
