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  • BAKU: Russian Mediator: UN Debate on Karabakh to Hurt Peace Process

    RUSSIAN MEDIATOR SAYS UN DEBATE ON KARABAKH TO HURT PEACE PROCESS

    Azad Azarbaycan TV, Baku
    1 Nov 04

    (Presenter) Baku's raising of the Nagornyy Karabakh problem with the
    UN is seriously disturbing the OSCE Minsk Group. The Russian
    co-chairman of the Minsk Group, Yuriy Merzlyakov, openly announced
    today that this initiative would deal a serious blow to the peace
    process.

    Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov, in turn, has said that
    there is nothing extraordinary in the fact that the United Nations,
    which has adopted four resolutions on Nagornyy Karabakh, will
    reconsider the issue.

    (Correspondent over video footage of New York, the UN building) There
    was no need for Baku to include the issue of the Nagornyy Karabakh
    conflict on the agenda of the UN General Assembly. This is the opinion
    of the Russian co-chairman of the Minsk Group, Yuriy Merzlyakov. The
    Russian diplomat has told "Son Xabar" that the opposition to the issue
    by France, a country also co-chairing the OSCE Minsk Group, which was
    voiced during discussions at the UN, reflected not only the view of
    Paris but also the positions of Washington and Moscow.

    (Merzlyakov, captioned, shown talking to microphone) This is an
    untimely step. At a time when everyone is looking forward to the
    restoration of the peace process, there is no need for such an
    initiative. On the other hand, the UN is not the organization to
    discuss the Nagornyy Karabakh conflict because the OSCE is dealing
    with this problem. Therefore, the representative of France made the
    statement after consultations with representatives of the USA and
    Russia.

    (Correspondent) Saying that the tabling of the issue at the UN will
    fail to facilitate a solution to the Karabakh conflict and that it
    will actually exacerbate it even more, Merzlyakov noted that the
    co-chairmen did not support Azerbaijan's suggestion and abstained from
    voting on it at all. Merzlyakov explained the move by the fact that
    the co-chairmen wanted to prevent a split in the UN. He added that
    from a legal standpoint, this initiative of Azerbaijan was
    ineffective, too.

    (Merzlyakov) Resolutions of the UN General Assembly are not the same
    as resolutions of the UN Security Council. Resolutions of the General
    Assembly are of a consultative nature.

    (Correspondent) The spokesman for the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry,
    Matin Mirza, does not agree with the Russian diplomat. He says that by
    having adopted four resolutions on the Nagornyy Karabakh conflict, the
    UN actually intervened in the process of settlement. Therefore, there
    is nothing out of the ordinary in bringing the issue to its attention
    again.

    Matin Mirza added that the fact that 43 out of 143 countries that took
    part in the discussion supported Azerbaijan's suggestion and 99
    abstained from voting suggests that these countries are beginning to
    develop an objective opinion about the conflict.

    Qalib Sukurov, "Son Xabar".

    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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