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March 26 2011
OSCE field assessment mission report did not fulfil Azerbaijan's
expectations, Karabakh MP says
March 26, 2011 | 18:22
The Azerbaijani side placed great hopes for OSCE field assessment
mission's report on territories surrounding Karabakh, Vahram
Atanesyan, Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee, NKR Parliament,
told Armenian News-NEWS.am.
`It is clear to everybody that the mission was conducted on the
initiative of the Azerbaijani side. I think, the Azerbaijani side, to
put it mildly, was not encouraged by the report,' Atanesyan noted.
As for the Karabakh side's response, the parliamentarian noted the
OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs' report was unbiased, but they have their
own mission and the Karabakhi side was not satisfied with all wordings
in the report. `Particularly, it refers to the point that Karabakh's
status quo in unacceptable. It hints at the fact that reality does not
correspond to political stability in the region. We do not think so,'
Atanesyan stressed.
Among the unbiased points, the parliamentarian indicated that the
report reflected that the territories of the security zone are mainly
inhabited by immigrants from Azerbaijan. It proves the fact that
residents of these areas are mainly people, who were forced to leave
their homes as a result of ethnic cleansings by the Azerbaijani
authorities. The fact that settlers lack identity documents was also
objective,' Atanesyan emphasized.
According to him, the mediators expressed their standpoints on the
situation in these areas, which may become a subject of dialogue
between Karabakh authorities and Minsk Group Co-Chairs. He stressed
that an international monitoring in the territories controlled by the
Azerbaijani army is urgent. These are Shahumyan region, part of
Martakert and Martuni regions.
On March 24, OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs presented the Executive
Summary of the report of Field Assessment Mission. The mediators
conducted a Field Assessment Mission to the seven territories
surrounding Nagorno-Karabakh (NK) from October 7-12, 2010.
From: A. Papazian
March 26 2011
OSCE field assessment mission report did not fulfil Azerbaijan's
expectations, Karabakh MP says
March 26, 2011 | 18:22
The Azerbaijani side placed great hopes for OSCE field assessment
mission's report on territories surrounding Karabakh, Vahram
Atanesyan, Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee, NKR Parliament,
told Armenian News-NEWS.am.
`It is clear to everybody that the mission was conducted on the
initiative of the Azerbaijani side. I think, the Azerbaijani side, to
put it mildly, was not encouraged by the report,' Atanesyan noted.
As for the Karabakh side's response, the parliamentarian noted the
OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs' report was unbiased, but they have their
own mission and the Karabakhi side was not satisfied with all wordings
in the report. `Particularly, it refers to the point that Karabakh's
status quo in unacceptable. It hints at the fact that reality does not
correspond to political stability in the region. We do not think so,'
Atanesyan stressed.
Among the unbiased points, the parliamentarian indicated that the
report reflected that the territories of the security zone are mainly
inhabited by immigrants from Azerbaijan. It proves the fact that
residents of these areas are mainly people, who were forced to leave
their homes as a result of ethnic cleansings by the Azerbaijani
authorities. The fact that settlers lack identity documents was also
objective,' Atanesyan emphasized.
According to him, the mediators expressed their standpoints on the
situation in these areas, which may become a subject of dialogue
between Karabakh authorities and Minsk Group Co-Chairs. He stressed
that an international monitoring in the territories controlled by the
Azerbaijani army is urgent. These are Shahumyan region, part of
Martakert and Martuni regions.
On March 24, OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs presented the Executive
Summary of the report of Field Assessment Mission. The mediators
conducted a Field Assessment Mission to the seven territories
surrounding Nagorno-Karabakh (NK) from October 7-12, 2010.
From: A. Papazian