Armenia opposed to PACE report on Karabakh conflict, Nalbandian
11.06.2015,
21:00
Armenia's foreign minister Edward Nalbandian spoke today against the decision of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) to prepare a report on the Karabakh conflict, the press service of the Armenian foreign ministry said.
YEREVAN, June 11. / ARKA /. Armenia's foreign minister Edward Nalbandian spoke today against the decision of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) to prepare a report on the Karabakh conflict, the press service of the Armenian foreign ministry said.
"The decision of PACE to prepare a report on the Karabakh conflict can harm the efforts of international peace brokers and the negotiation process as a whole,’ Nalbandian was quoted as saying at a meeting with PACE co-rapporteurs Axel Fischer and Alan Mill.
The decision was made by PACE last October at the initiative of Azerbaijan. The report is titled "Nagorno-Karabakh and other occupied territories of Azerbaijan." Armenia is categorically opposed to attempts to shift the Karabakh peace talks beyond the OSCE Minsk Group format.
At the request of the rapporteurs Nalbandian spoke about Armenia’s cooperation with the Council of Europe, as well as the country's approaches to regional issues.
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-
"The decision of PACE to prepare a report on the Karabakh conflict can harm the efforts of international peace brokers and the negotiation process as a whole,’ Nalbandian was quoted as saying at a meeting with PACE co-rapporteurs Axel Fischer and Alan Mill.
The decision was made by PACE last October at the initiative of Azerbaijan. The report is titled "Nagorno-Karabakh and other occupied territories of Azerbaijan." Armenia is categorically opposed to attempts to shift the Karabakh peace talks beyond the OSCE Minsk Group format.
At the request of the rapporteurs Nalbandian spoke about Armenia’s cooperation with the Council of Europe, as well as the country's approaches to regional issues.
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-
