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  • Turkish, Azerbaijani MPs' Anti-Armenian Plan Fails In Istanbul - MP

    TURKISH, AZERBAIJANI MPS' ANTI-ARMENIAN PLAN FAILS IN ISTANBUL - MP

    20:17 ~U 02.07.13

    A real miracle occurred in favor of Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh at
    the session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for
    Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE).

    Artashes Geghamyan, a member of the Republican Party of Armenia (RPA)
    parliamentary group and of the Armenian delegation, told Tert.am that
    the session voted down an anti-Armenian initiative by the Azerbaijani
    and Turkish delegations aimed at introducing amendments to the
    "Helsinki plus 40" resolution by the OSCE PA Committee on Political
    Affairs and Security.

    "The heads of the Azerbaijani and Turkish delegations proposed
    amendments to the resolution. The proposed amendments contain
    unfavorable assessments of the OSCE Minsk Group's activities and
    a call for a plenary meeting of the Minsk Group, which includes a
    number of states, including Turkey," Geghamyan said.

    Geghamyan, who is a member of the Committee on Political Affairs and
    Security, explained that, if approved, the resolution turns into a
    key document of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly.

    Geghamyan delivered a speech. "The aim was to show that approving
    such a resolution would mean a vote of no confidence in the US,
    French and Russian presidents. In approving their joint statement
    in England, they put clear questions favorably different from their
    previous statements," Geghamyan said.

    For the first time the session stressed the fact that the
    Nagorno-Karabakh conflict must only be settled on the basis of the
    Helsinki Final Act - nonuse of force or threat of force, rights
    to self-determination and territorial integrity. "In this case,
    the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict will be settled in favor of Armenia
    and Nagorno-Karabakh despite the fact that Azerbaijan was strongly
    insisting on the territorial integrity principle," Geghamyan said.

    "It is a miracle because the session is being held in Turkey, which
    is showing unprecedented hospitality to all the delegations. So some
    would have found it difficult to decline a document signed by the
    head of the Turkish delegation," he said.

    Geghamyan insisted that the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs are efficient.

    "Azerbaijan is spending $3bn on arms every year, but hostilities
    have not so far been resumed due to the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs'
    activities. I would like to express my gratitude to the US, Russian
    and French presidents," Geghamyan said.

    The OSCE Parliamentary Assembly will hold its final session on
    Wednesday. "I plan to make speeches today and tomorrow. One of them
    will deal with the resolution on Syria proposed by Turkey. The second
    deals with the Armenian-Turkish relations and possible developments,"
    Geghamyan said.

    Armenian News - Tert.am

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