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AZERBAIJAN WANTS TO GET RID OF OSCE MINSK GROUP FORMAT, ARMENIA'S DEPUTY FM SAYS
armradio.am
12:44 20.11.20120
Azerbaijan's propaganda that the OSCE Minsk Group format has already
exhausted itself pursue only one goal - to get rid of the format,
Armenia's Deputy Foreign Minister Shavarsh Kocharyan said, speaking
to Tert.am.
He said even if the negotiations within this format are not efficient
it is not the fault of the Minks Group but Azerbaijan's which has
adopted a tough stance. "And as far as it is so, it [Azerbaijan]
does everything to maintain the existing situation - the status quo,"
he said.
The deputy FM says it is necessary to remember that the Minsk Group
co-chairs have two missions. The first is to help the parties reach
agreement, and second, to prevent military actions. He said it is
not accidental that the three Minsk Group countries are permanent
members of the Security Council.
"There was no conflict in history when a permanent member was a
security member as well, in this case, three of them separately
are, and together they state that the conflict is to be solved in
an exclusively peaceful way," Kocharyan said, stressing that it
makes clear why Azerbaijan wants to get rid of the format and why it
spreads black propaganda, while the Armenian side has never spoken
about either a standstill or inefficiency of the Minsk Group.
The deputy FM said with its unconstructive policy Azerbaijan is doing
everything for the international community to understand that there is
no alternative to the international recognition of the Nagorno Karabakh
Republic. "After the vulgar case with Ramil Safarov it is ridiculous
when Azerbaijan speaks about returning Karabakh and making it part
of Azerbaijan," Kocharyan said, adding that all steps of Azerbaijan,
its unconstructive policy, its indifference toward mediators and
international right, history and geography will result in inevitable
international recognition of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic.
armradio.am
12:44 20.11.20120
Azerbaijan's propaganda that the OSCE Minsk Group format has already
exhausted itself pursue only one goal - to get rid of the format,
Armenia's Deputy Foreign Minister Shavarsh Kocharyan said, speaking
to Tert.am.
He said even if the negotiations within this format are not efficient
it is not the fault of the Minks Group but Azerbaijan's which has
adopted a tough stance. "And as far as it is so, it [Azerbaijan]
does everything to maintain the existing situation - the status quo,"
he said.
The deputy FM says it is necessary to remember that the Minsk Group
co-chairs have two missions. The first is to help the parties reach
agreement, and second, to prevent military actions. He said it is
not accidental that the three Minsk Group countries are permanent
members of the Security Council.
"There was no conflict in history when a permanent member was a
security member as well, in this case, three of them separately
are, and together they state that the conflict is to be solved in
an exclusively peaceful way," Kocharyan said, stressing that it
makes clear why Azerbaijan wants to get rid of the format and why it
spreads black propaganda, while the Armenian side has never spoken
about either a standstill or inefficiency of the Minsk Group.
The deputy FM said with its unconstructive policy Azerbaijan is doing
everything for the international community to understand that there is
no alternative to the international recognition of the Nagorno Karabakh
Republic. "After the vulgar case with Ramil Safarov it is ridiculous
when Azerbaijan speaks about returning Karabakh and making it part
of Azerbaijan," Kocharyan said, adding that all steps of Azerbaijan,
its unconstructive policy, its indifference toward mediators and
international right, history and geography will result in inevitable
international recognition of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic.