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    Uruguay's Foreign Ministry calls for recognition of Nagorno Karabakh

    23:45, 05 Jan 2015


    The Uruguayan Foreign Ministry asked for the international recognition
    of the Republic of Nagorno Karabakh and the right of its people to
    self-determinationon Sunday January 4, after a meeting with Armenian
    representatives, Prensa Armenia agency reports.

    The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Uruguay Luis Almagro met with
    members of the Armenian National Committee of Uruguay and Mario
    Nalpatian, member of the International Armenian National Committee, to
    discuss the situation in the South Caucasus and the continuing
    violations of the ceasefire by Azerbaijan, which merited a strong
    condemnation from the Minister.

    Almagro stressed the `need for a peaceful settlement of Nagorno
    Karabakh taking particular account of the right to self-determination
    of the Armenian people and the principle of territorial integrity of
    the Republic of Armenia under its borders as an independent country
    between May 1918 and December 1920³.
    `In September 2011 the Minister of Foreign Affairs made public that
    Uruguay had begun to analyze the case of Nagorno Karabakh in order to
    take a State decision about it,' said the representatives of Armenian
    National Committee of Uruguay. `Since then there have been meetings of
    the Chancellor and senior officials of the Uruguayan government with
    the Foreign Ministers of the Republics of Armenia and Azerbaijan and
    with the respective ambassadors in Uruguay'.

    `On the legislative front, dozens of legislators had the opportunity
    to meet the President of the Republic of Nagorno Karabakh during his
    visit to the Uruguayan Parliament in December 2011. In turn, a
    parliamentary delegation led by President of the Chamber of
    representatives Jorge Orrico and legislators of all parliamentary
    parties visited the Republic in November 2012, where they met with
    officials of the executive and legislative branches, as well as with
    civil society of Nagorno Karabakh. The subject has also been present
    on the visits by legislators and political leaders of all parties to
    Azerbaijan from 2011 to date. More recently, the issue was addressed
    in a joint declaration signed by Presidents Jose Mujica and Serzh
    Sargsyan in July 2014, on the occasion of the official visit of the
    president of the Republic of Armenia to Uruguay. Both presidents
    stressed the need for a peaceful solution to the Nagorno Karabakh
    conflict and supported the mediation of the Minsk Group of the OSCE,'
    added the Armenian National Committee of Uruguay in a statement.

    The official text is posted on the website of the Ministry of Foreign
    Affairs of Uruguay.

    http://www.armradio.am/en/2015/01/05/uruguays-foreign-ministry-calls-for-recognition-of-nagorno-karabakh/

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