ARMENIANS LAUNCH NEW INTERNET CAMPAIGN TO BREAK KARABAKH TALKS

Azeri Press Agency, Azerbaijan
June 8 2007

Armenians have launched new campaign targeted at breaking off the
settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict. Armenian NGOs are holding
new campaign via the Internet.

Armenians forward free protest fax to US Secretary of State
Condoleezza Rice, French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner,
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, Armenian Foreign Minister
Vardan Oskanian, Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group Mathew Bryza,
Bernard Fasier, Yuriy Merzlyakov and Andrzej Kasprzyk, Personal
Representative of the Chairman-in-Office through web site
en.

The protest action says "The general terms of the settlement of
the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, as declared on May 25, 2007 in Baku
by the OCSE Minsk Group mediators B. Fassier and Y. Merzlyakov,
contradict the expectations of the Armenian people for a peaceful and
secure future. "The surrender to Azerbaijan of the liberated lands
of Nagorno-Karabakh, controlled by the local Armenian population,
and the subsequent transformation of Nagorno-Karabakh into an enclave
or semi-enclave within Azerbaijan".

"In return – an unsubstantiated promise of a referendum in an
unreasonably distant future regarding the status of Nagorno-Karabakh,
which effectively denies the right to self-determination for the people
of Nagorno-Karabakh" Absence of an international political recognition
of Nagorno-Karabakh is one of the main concerns of Armenians.

It also said "We would like to inform the OSCE about the Armenian
society’s position regarding the potential negative consequences of
these terms of settlement, should they be realized" Traditionally
repeated thesis of Armenians such as "Nagorno-Karabakh has never
been a part of independent Azerbaijan" has repeated this time
too. "By pushing the Armenians to unilateral concessions, the OSCE is
taking a responsibility for a future Azerbaijani aggression against
Nagorno-Karabakh. Such an aggression will inevitably take place
immediately after Karabakh surrenders to Azerbaijan the historical
Armenian lands around its boundaries."