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    http://www.dailynews.lk/2008/04/19/news41.asp

    Dai ly News (Sri Lanka)

    Saturday, 19 April 2008

    Armenia thanks Lanka

    Foreign Minister of The Republic of Armenia Vartan Oskanian thanked
    Sri Lanka for not supporting the non-binding resolution "on the
    situation in occupied territories of Azerbaijan".

    Oskanian in a letter to Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama said.

    "I write to thank you for not supporting the non-buinding resolution"
    on the situation in occupied territories of Azerbaijan" passed the UN
    General Assembly with 39 votes last week.

    Although an overwhelming majority of UN Member States did not support
    Azerbaijan, the existence of this resolution has emboldened the
    Azerbaijanis.

    We sought to block this process from the introduction of the agenda
    item to the vote on the resolution earlier this month. We asked that
    countries follow the lead of the mediators.

    The OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs (France, the US and Russia) voted
    against the resolution, because we knew that Azerbaijan would use such
    language to reject the compromise approach of the negotiation process
    and insist instead on their one sided solution, citing the text of the
    resolution.

    The consequences of this resolution will do lasting damage if
    appropriate responsive measures are not quickly taken. Combined with
    Azerbaijan's confidence in their increased military capacity, the
    existence of this resolution will aggravate the adversarial
    environment and further debilitate a combustible region.

    We believe that the international community must clearly signal to
    Azerbaijan that they cannot be guided by this resolution and cannot
    renege on the commitments expressed in the negotiating document on the
    table. Thanks you again for your readiness to support the peace
    process".
    From: Baghdasarian
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