MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF THE REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA
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PRESS AND INFORMATION DEPARTMENT
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PRESS RELEASE

26-07-2007

ANSWERS OF VLADIMIR KARAPETIAN, ACTING HEAD OF THE PRESS AND INFORMATION
DEPARTMENT OF THE FOREIGN MINISTRY,
TO QUESTIONS FROM ARMENPRESS

Question – How does Armenia regard the fact that Azerbaijan continues with
efforts to include the Nagorno Karabakh issue in the agenda of the 62nd
General Assembly of the UN?

Answer – Currently there are two items included in the UN 61st General
Assembly agenda that deal directly with the Karabakh conflict, one presented
by Azerbaijan and the other by GUAM.

Neither of those items has been discussed during the 61st session yet. As
such, the UN General Assembly Rules of Procedure envisage their inclusion in
the provisional agenda of the General Assembly for the next session.

Agenda items are considered included in the agenda of the following session
only if it is envisaged in respective provisions of a resolution or a
decision or by an appropriate decision of the General Assembly at a given
session, which can be disputed by another member state. The agenda item is
not included in the Agenda of the UN General Assembly if rejected by it by a
vote.

Question – How will the transfer of the NK issue into the UN affect the
negotiation process?

Answer – Inclusion of items in the UN General Assembly agenda does not in
any way mean that the resolution of the Karabakh conflict is an issue for
discussion at the UN.

As for Azerbaijan’s efforts to bring the conflict resolution discussion out
of the current negotiation framework, this can only negatively affect the
negotiation process and points to the absence of Azerbaijani political will
to reach a lasting solution to the conflict.-0-