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AZERBAIJAN SAYS KARABAKH POLL WITHOUT AZERBAIJANIS ILLEGITIMATE
ITAR-TASS News Agency, Russia
July 5, 2007 Thursday 01:59 PM EST
The holding of the so-called "presidential election" in mostly
Armenian populated Azerbaijani enclave of Nagorno Karabakh without
the Azerbaijani population living in that region defies "Azerbaijani
Constitution as well as norms and principles of international law,"
said a statement of the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry on Thursday.
The statement was issued in connection with an election in the
self-proclaimed Nagorno-Karabakh Republic scheduled for July 19. The
document stressed that such elections "will have no legal force".
The Foreign Ministry urged the Armenian side "to stop destructive
activity that has no prospects, demonstrate strong will and take
constructive stance for the sake of an early and stable resolution
of the conflict on the basis of norms and principles of international
law".
On Wednesday, the chairman of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council
of Europe Rene van der Linden said the presidential election in Nagorno
Karabakh couldn't be recognized by the international community. He
said the Council of Europe was trying to make its contribution to
the settlement of the conflict and help find solution to the problem.
At a meeting with the speaker of the Armenian parliament, Tigran
Torosyan, Rene van der Linden expressed an opinion that there was no
progress in the process of the Karabakh settlement. He said no work
was being done to form public opinion that would contribute to the
solution of the problem through negotiations.
Nagorno Karabakh leader Arkady Gukasyan said earlier that even if
the world community does not formally recognize the election, it will
pay attention to conditions in which elections have been held.
"I am absolutely confident that the election will be fair and
transparent, and the most worthy candidate will win," he stated.
Nagorno Karabakh is confident that "democratisation is an important
precondition for the settlement of the Karabakh conflict," the foreign
minister of the self-proclaimed republic, Georgy Petrosyan, said.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
ITAR-TASS News Agency, Russia
July 5, 2007 Thursday 01:59 PM EST
The holding of the so-called "presidential election" in mostly
Armenian populated Azerbaijani enclave of Nagorno Karabakh without
the Azerbaijani population living in that region defies "Azerbaijani
Constitution as well as norms and principles of international law,"
said a statement of the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry on Thursday.
The statement was issued in connection with an election in the
self-proclaimed Nagorno-Karabakh Republic scheduled for July 19. The
document stressed that such elections "will have no legal force".
The Foreign Ministry urged the Armenian side "to stop destructive
activity that has no prospects, demonstrate strong will and take
constructive stance for the sake of an early and stable resolution
of the conflict on the basis of norms and principles of international
law".
On Wednesday, the chairman of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council
of Europe Rene van der Linden said the presidential election in Nagorno
Karabakh couldn't be recognized by the international community. He
said the Council of Europe was trying to make its contribution to
the settlement of the conflict and help find solution to the problem.
At a meeting with the speaker of the Armenian parliament, Tigran
Torosyan, Rene van der Linden expressed an opinion that there was no
progress in the process of the Karabakh settlement. He said no work
was being done to form public opinion that would contribute to the
solution of the problem through negotiations.
Nagorno Karabakh leader Arkady Gukasyan said earlier that even if
the world community does not formally recognize the election, it will
pay attention to conditions in which elections have been held.
"I am absolutely confident that the election will be fair and
transparent, and the most worthy candidate will win," he stated.
Nagorno Karabakh is confident that "democratisation is an important
precondition for the settlement of the Karabakh conflict," the foreign
minister of the self-proclaimed republic, Georgy Petrosyan, said.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress