NDP CALLS FOR STOPPING COLLECTION OF SIGNATURES ON BRINGING FORMER RA PRESIDENT BEFORE HAGUE COURT

NOYAN TAPAN

JU LY 21

The Board of the National Democratic Party (NDP), on July 20, made a
statement calling for stopping the collection of signatures on bringing
former RA President Robert Kocharian before Hague court. According
to NDP, there is a danger that the International Court will try not
Turkey and Azerbaijan committing a real genocide at the beginning of
the previous century and making ethnic cleansings in the territories
of Azerbaijan and Karabakh at the end of the century, but Armenia in
the person of R. Kocharian.

"Azerbaijan’s leadership has repeatedly stated that it is preparing
a "package of cases" to apply to Hague court with the accusation
of Armenian officials’ making ethnic cleansings, genocide, and
military crimes towards Azeris. The signature collection on bringing
R. Kocharian before Hague court cannot but be used by Azerbaijan and
accelerate their applying to the court referring to the collection
of signatures as a ground of committing crimes not only against the
Azeri, but also the Armenian people," the NDP statement read.