RA FM: AZERBAIJAN’S ATTEMPTS TO PRESENT ITS STAND AS OPINION RECOGNIZED BY INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY SERIOUSLY HAMPER NEGOTIATION PROCESS

DeFacto Agency
July 8 2008
Armenia

"Azerbaijan’s attempts to present its stand as an opinion recognized
by the world community via various international organizations
and a number of countries seriously hamper and threaten negotiation
process", RA FM Edvard Nalbandian stated commenting Azerbaijan party’s
speculations on supremacy of principle of territorial integrity in
the Karabakh settlement context, on Armenpress Agency’s request.

According to RA MFA Press Office, the RA FM noted that real stand of
OSCE Minsk group Co-Chairs and international community on the issue
had found its reflection on March 14 at the U. N. General Assembly,
in the course of a vote on a draft resolution presented by Azerbaijan:
OSCE MG Co-chair countries voted against, while the overwhelming
majority of states, including EU member countries, refused to support
the resolution, that is to say they had refrained.

"The talks are currently proceeding on the basis of OSCE documents
and basic principles: Article 2 of Helsinki conclusive act on
non-use of violence or threat to use violence, Article 4, where
territorial integrity is mentioned, and Article 8, where the right
to self-determination is fixed", RA FM stated.