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Interfax, Russia
Nov 19 2010
Armenian president refuses to take part in NATO summit
YEREVAN. Nov 19
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan has declined to take part in the
two-day NATO summit which began on Friday in Lisbon.
"Armenia has repeatedly pointed out that it cannot accept unified
formulas in settling conflicts," the Armenian presidential press
service told Interfax.
"The preservation in the draft resolution of the NATO summit in Lisbon
of previous unified wordings for resolving the South Caucasus
conflicts, which refer only to one of the principles proclaimed by the
OSCE, could be a bad message and could create additional difficulties
in the negotiating process on a peaceful settlement of the
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, especially against the background of
unprecedented growth of Azerbaijan's military spending in the past
years and its leadership's anti-Armenian rhetoric," the press service
said.
The Armenian president decided not to go to Lisbon, taking these
concerns into account, it said.
Armenia will be represented at the summit by the foreign minister and
defense minister.
NATO earlier forwarded an official invitation to Sargsyan to take part
in the Lisbon summit.
From: A. Papazian
Nov 19 2010
Armenian president refuses to take part in NATO summit
YEREVAN. Nov 19
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan has declined to take part in the
two-day NATO summit which began on Friday in Lisbon.
"Armenia has repeatedly pointed out that it cannot accept unified
formulas in settling conflicts," the Armenian presidential press
service told Interfax.
"The preservation in the draft resolution of the NATO summit in Lisbon
of previous unified wordings for resolving the South Caucasus
conflicts, which refer only to one of the principles proclaimed by the
OSCE, could be a bad message and could create additional difficulties
in the negotiating process on a peaceful settlement of the
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, especially against the background of
unprecedented growth of Azerbaijan's military spending in the past
years and its leadership's anti-Armenian rhetoric," the press service
said.
The Armenian president decided not to go to Lisbon, taking these
concerns into account, it said.
Armenia will be represented at the summit by the foreign minister and
defense minister.
NATO earlier forwarded an official invitation to Sargsyan to take part
in the Lisbon summit.
From: A. Papazian