BSEC ANKARA DECLARATION DOESN’T REFLECT AZERBAIJAN’S STAND ON KARABAKH

PanARMENIAN.Net
30.10.2007 15:55 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The text of the Ankara Declaration adopted by the
summit of the Foreign Ministers of the Organization of the Black
Sea Economic Cooperation doesn’t reflect Azerbaijan’s stand on the
Nagorno Karabakh conflict.

The Armenian Foreign Ministry told PanARMENIAN.Net that Provision 14
of the Declaration reads, "We reaffirm that the existing protracted
conflicts in the region impede cooperation and emphasize the need
for their earliest peaceful settlement on the basis of the norms and
principles of international law."

Azeri media circulated misinformation again, the Ministry said.

Trend Azeri news agency reported that "the Declaration reflects the
position of Azerbaijan, which called on the BSEC member states to
react to Armenia’s aggressive policy destabilizing the entire region."