GEORGIA, UKRAINE AND MOLDOVA MEDDLING INTO ISSUE THAT DOESN’T CONCERN THEM
PanARMENIAN.Net
07.12.2006 19:04 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Georgia, Ukraine and Moldova are playing into the
hands of Azerbaijan by meddling into an issue which does not concern
them, said RA FM Vartan Oskanian when commenting on GUAM’s statement
about referendum in Nagorno Karabakh. In his words, the statement
does not have anything with reality.
"During this decade and a half, in a situation of no-peace and no-war,
and to their credit, the people and authorities of Nagorno Karabakh
have built a lawful, well-regulated internal governance system.
They have built political institutions; through elections they
have selected their own authorities and developed a legislative
framework. Today, they have recognized the need for a basic law, and
chosen the internationally accepted practice of a referendum as the
only acceptable way to collectively adopt that basic law. Azerbaijan
claims that exercising a vote is an obstruction to the peace
process. Just the opposite. At the core of the negotiations to reach
a peaceful resolution to the Nagorno Karabakh conflict is the right
of the people of Nagorno Karabakh for self-determination. What really
obstructs the process is the Azerbaijani overreaction to Karabakh’s
democratic activities, their refusal to engage Nagorno Karabakh in
peace talks, their repeated militaristic calls and their persistent
efforts to sidetrack the Minsk Group negotiation process, reports
the RA MFA press office.