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`AZERI POLICY CONTRADICTS RESOLUTION N 1416′
[12:41 pm] 19 January, 2007
On January 23 the PACE will discuss the Karabakh issue behind closed
doors. Former member of the Armenian delegation Shavarsh Kocharyan
considers this discussion important. Nevertheless, he advises not to
overestimate it.
«The discussion is important as it will take place after two important
events. First of all, everyone realized that last year’s optimist as
to the negotiation process was groundless and the negotiations are in
a dead block. Secondly, the NKR adopted the constitution on December
10, the tenth anniversary of the NKR Self-determination Referendum».
According to Mr. Kocharyan, these two events cannot but influence the
upcoming discussions in the PACE. The steps of the Azeri delegation
testify to this. «The Azeri delegation has already made inquiries in
the Ministers’ Committee and is trying to distract the attention from
the adoption of the NKR Constitution. If we compare the NKR
constitution to that of Azerbaijan, it will become obvious that the
first is democratic, and the second is totalitarian. It is noteworthy
that Karabakh gets no aid from the international community for reforms
in the country».
Shavarsh Kocharyan is sorry that the closed discussion will take place
within the framework of the resolution N1416 adopted in the PACE in
2005 which says, «A part of the Azeri territories has been seized by
Armenia and separatists are still in control of the Karabakh
territory». As for another statement by the PACE that Azerbaijan must
stop making militant announcements and get in touch with the
population of Karabakh without any preconditions, Kocharyan said,
«After the adoption of the resolution N1416 Azerbaijan made more
militant announcements. I invited he attention of the Ministers’
Committee to that fact. Azerbaijan must have taken the resolution as a
carte blanche, and this policy contradicts the content of the
document». Shavarsh Kocharyan is convinced that the PACE heads
understand this, and it will have its influence on the January 23
discussion.