ARMENIA’S UNION OF COMMUNITIES CONSIDERS JONES’ DEFINITIONS OF
KARABAKH AYTHORITIES AS INCOMPREHENSIBLE AND EXTREMELY WORRYING

YEREVAN, January 20 (Noyan Tapan). Armenia’s Union of Communities sent
a letter, in which it expressed its concern over the statement on
Nagorno-Karabakh made by Assistant US Secretary of State for Europe
and Eurasia Elizabeth Jones, to the US Ambassador Extraordinary and
Plenipotentiary to Armenia John Evans. The Union of Communities
condiders it important to present the information regarding the
authorities formed in Nagorno-Karabakh, underlining that the process
of establishing democratic institutions is taking place in
Nagorno-Karabakh, in particular, good progress has been made with
respect to promoting the local democracy. Unlike many other countries
of the region, Nagorno-Karabakh has quite an advanced and constantly
improving legislation in the sphere of local democracy, through the
democratic elections the local authorities have been formed and these
are functioning with their own powers and responsibility, and new and
new powers are given to the local authorities. In the context of the
above-mantioned processes, according to the Union, Elizabeth Jones’
definitions of Nagorno-Karabakh’s “corrupted and criminal” authorities
are incomprehensible and extremely worrying. “The extreme polarization
of our reality and the assessments given by the US high-ranking
official creates the impression of that official’s being uninformed or
biased,” the document reads. “With the aim of ending various
interpretations caused by the above-mentioned statement assessig the
reality and stating the US policy”, the Union of Communities considers
it important to provide some additional information and explanations
in connection with the above-mentioned statement, and for this purpose
it sends a letter to the Ambassador.