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GERMAN COMMUNISTS DEMAND REPORT ON KARABAKH FROM THEIR GOVERNMENT
Vestnik Kavkaza, Russia
Oct 21 2014
21 October 2014 - 2:41pm
Orkhan Sattarov, the head of the European Bureau of Vestnik Kavkaza
According to information from a German parliamentary source, the
communist party Die Linke has requested a detailed report on the
settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and the role of Germany
in the process from the German federal government.
The faction's request stresses that according to resolutions of the UN
SC (822, 853, 874, 884), the UN General Assembly (62/243), the Council
of Europe, and other international organizations, Nagorno-Karabakh
is an integral part of Azerbaijan. The request specially notes that
the seven occupied regions near Nagorno-Karabakh were populated by
Azerbaijanis before the war.
Die Linke points out the particular role of Moscow in the process of
settlement of the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict, as Russia supports
intensive relations with Armenia and Azerbaijan. "Russia has
significantly developed economic and political ties with Azerbaijan.
Both sides cooperate in the sphere of joint preservation of borders and
prevention of penetration of armed militants from abroad to Dagestan,"
the request says.
"Azerbaijan joined the Nonaligned Movement in 2011. Unlike Georgia,
it doesn't find membership in NATO interesting. In this context
Russia began to make more active efforts to find a balance between
the interests of the conflicting sides and settlement of the conflict
within international law," Die Linke thinks. As an example of Moscow's
special status and its influence on the conflicting sides, German MPs
speak about tension on the front line between Armenian and Azerbaijani
troops in August: "A trilateral meeting of the presidents of Armenia,
Azerbaijan and Russia, which was initiated by the Russian side, was
aimed at stabilization in the front line and de-escalation of further
violence." Considering these facts, the German communists are asking
the German government how Berlin, being a member of the Minsk Group,
supports peaceful efforts of Russia in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
Die Linke voiced 40 questions and sub-items in the letter, which are
connected with settlement of the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict. Among
others, German communists are interested in final results of an
investigation of the murder of an Azerbaijani boy Fariz Badalov
by an Armenian shooter on March 8th, 2011, in the village of Orta
Garvand near the front line. Moreover, the request touches on illegal
settlement of people in the occupied Azerbaijani territories, attempts
to open an airport in Nagorno-Karabakh, and direct financial support
of the unrecognized Karabakh regime by the U.S.
According to German laws, the government is obliged to respond to
the parliamentary request within 14 days. However, considering the
broad character of the Nagorno-Karabakh issue, Die Linke agreed to
prolong the period of its processing. Vestnik Kavkaza will inform
its readers on the response of the German government to the request.
http://vestnikkavkaza.net/analysis/politics/61255.html
Vestnik Kavkaza, Russia
Oct 21 2014
21 October 2014 - 2:41pm
Orkhan Sattarov, the head of the European Bureau of Vestnik Kavkaza
According to information from a German parliamentary source, the
communist party Die Linke has requested a detailed report on the
settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and the role of Germany
in the process from the German federal government.
The faction's request stresses that according to resolutions of the UN
SC (822, 853, 874, 884), the UN General Assembly (62/243), the Council
of Europe, and other international organizations, Nagorno-Karabakh
is an integral part of Azerbaijan. The request specially notes that
the seven occupied regions near Nagorno-Karabakh were populated by
Azerbaijanis before the war.
Die Linke points out the particular role of Moscow in the process of
settlement of the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict, as Russia supports
intensive relations with Armenia and Azerbaijan. "Russia has
significantly developed economic and political ties with Azerbaijan.
Both sides cooperate in the sphere of joint preservation of borders and
prevention of penetration of armed militants from abroad to Dagestan,"
the request says.
"Azerbaijan joined the Nonaligned Movement in 2011. Unlike Georgia,
it doesn't find membership in NATO interesting. In this context
Russia began to make more active efforts to find a balance between
the interests of the conflicting sides and settlement of the conflict
within international law," Die Linke thinks. As an example of Moscow's
special status and its influence on the conflicting sides, German MPs
speak about tension on the front line between Armenian and Azerbaijani
troops in August: "A trilateral meeting of the presidents of Armenia,
Azerbaijan and Russia, which was initiated by the Russian side, was
aimed at stabilization in the front line and de-escalation of further
violence." Considering these facts, the German communists are asking
the German government how Berlin, being a member of the Minsk Group,
supports peaceful efforts of Russia in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
Die Linke voiced 40 questions and sub-items in the letter, which are
connected with settlement of the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict. Among
others, German communists are interested in final results of an
investigation of the murder of an Azerbaijani boy Fariz Badalov
by an Armenian shooter on March 8th, 2011, in the village of Orta
Garvand near the front line. Moreover, the request touches on illegal
settlement of people in the occupied Azerbaijani territories, attempts
to open an airport in Nagorno-Karabakh, and direct financial support
of the unrecognized Karabakh regime by the U.S.
According to German laws, the government is obliged to respond to
the parliamentary request within 14 days. However, considering the
broad character of the Nagorno-Karabakh issue, Die Linke agreed to
prolong the period of its processing. Vestnik Kavkaza will inform
its readers on the response of the German government to the request.
http://vestnikkavkaza.net/analysis/politics/61255.html