KARABAKH WAS MENTIONED AS AZERBAIJAN’S OCCUPIED TERRITORY IN REPORT OF U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT THROUGH MISUNDERSTANDING, VARTAN OSKANIAN IS SURE

Noyan Tapan
Mar 12 2007

YEREVAN, MARCH 12, NOYAN TAPAN. As RA Foreign Ministry estimates,
the formulation included in the 2006 annual report on human rights
of U.S. State Department, according to which Nagorno Karabakh is
mentioned as an "occupied territory" making part of Azerbaijan, is
the consequence of a mistake. As RA Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian
informed journalists on March 12, after official opening ceremony
of NATO Information Center, the approaches of U.S. in this issue are
well-known to Armenia, which permits to suppose that this formulation
is the result of a mistake. As Noyan Tapan was informed by RA Foreign
Ministry Acting Spokesperson Vladimir Karapetian, Foreign Minister
V. Oskanian during his meeting with Acting U.S. Ambassador to RA
Anthony Godfrey mentioned the above indicated expression included
in the report of the State Department asking to be attentive in
formulations. Currently the Armenian side is waiting for the American
side’s answer, i.e. correction of the formulation.