Armenia has the right to get all help needed from allies in case of negative developments - Bordiuja
18.06.2015,
15:57
Armenia, being a full member of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), has the right to receive from its allies all the help needed in case of negative developments in its territory, CSTO secretary general Nikolay Bordiuja said on Thursday, in responding the question of an Azerbaijani journalist.
YEREVAN, June 18. /ARKA/. Armenia, being a full member of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), has the right to receive from its allies all the help needed in case of negative developments in its territory, CSTO secretary general Nikolay Bordiuja said on Thursday, in responding the question of an Azerbaijani journalist.
Karabakh conflict is dealt with by the OSCE Minsk Group, and other organizations’ interference in the process may lead to confusion, Bordiuja said in commenting CSTO’s possible involvement in the settlement process, according to Novosti-Armenia.
“Our position is as follows – there are international mechanisms created as part of Nagorno-Karabakh peace process, including the Minsk Group. The MG is engaged in detailed elaboration of issues on the way out of the long-running conflict and in a search for a mutually acceptable solution to the problem. I am deeply convinced that other institutions should not get involved in this not to bring in any confusion,” Bordiuja told a press conference at Russia Today multimedia press center, with audience connected also from Astana and Yerevan.
Bordiuja said the CSTO is aware of the Armenian casualties and the incidents on the border. These reports are sent to the member states to keep the leaders and the law enforcement bodies informed about the developments.
“It is important for us because it is a really complicated direction fraught with negative developments, but we cannot interfere in the settlement process, the CSTO has no right and no mandate to do it,” Bordiuja said.
The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict erupted into armed clashes after the collapse of the Soviet Union in the early 1990s as the predominantly Armenian-populated enclave of Azerbaijan sought to secede from Azerbaijan and declared its independence backed by a successful referendum. A truce was brokered by Russia in 1994, although no permanent peace agreement has been signed.
Since then, Nagorno-Karabakh and several adjacent regions have been under the control of Armenian forces of Karabakh. Nagorno-Karabakh is the longest-running post-Soviet era conflict and has continued to simmer despite the relative peace of the past two decades, with snipers causing tens of deaths a year. –0--
Karabakh conflict is dealt with by the OSCE Minsk Group, and other organizations’ interference in the process may lead to confusion, Bordiuja said in commenting CSTO’s possible involvement in the settlement process, according to Novosti-Armenia.
“Our position is as follows – there are international mechanisms created as part of Nagorno-Karabakh peace process, including the Minsk Group. The MG is engaged in detailed elaboration of issues on the way out of the long-running conflict and in a search for a mutually acceptable solution to the problem. I am deeply convinced that other institutions should not get involved in this not to bring in any confusion,” Bordiuja told a press conference at Russia Today multimedia press center, with audience connected also from Astana and Yerevan.
Bordiuja said the CSTO is aware of the Armenian casualties and the incidents on the border. These reports are sent to the member states to keep the leaders and the law enforcement bodies informed about the developments.
“It is important for us because it is a really complicated direction fraught with negative developments, but we cannot interfere in the settlement process, the CSTO has no right and no mandate to do it,” Bordiuja said.
The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict erupted into armed clashes after the collapse of the Soviet Union in the early 1990s as the predominantly Armenian-populated enclave of Azerbaijan sought to secede from Azerbaijan and declared its independence backed by a successful referendum. A truce was brokered by Russia in 1994, although no permanent peace agreement has been signed.
Since then, Nagorno-Karabakh and several adjacent regions have been under the control of Armenian forces of Karabakh. Nagorno-Karabakh is the longest-running post-Soviet era conflict and has continued to simmer despite the relative peace of the past two decades, with snipers causing tens of deaths a year. –0--
