RA PRESIDENT HOPES THAT REAL INTEREST OF AZERBAIJAN IS PEACEFUL RESOLUTION OF KARABAKH CONFLICT

PanARMENIAN.Net
26.09.2008 16:12 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Months ago the UN adopted with only 39 states out
of 146 voting "for". It was a resolution which is related to the one
of the episodes of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict, Armenian President
Serzh Sarsgyan said in his address to the UN General Assembly.

"A fundamental and sensitive problem with deep roots, painful and
bloody developments, and immense efforts to give it a peaceful
resolution was decided upon by the majority to support one of the
parties. The outcome was more than predictable – a new wave of
belligerent statements in Azerbaijan, fake laurels of political
speculations, etc.

But wasn’t that voting a lip service to Azerbaijan? I hope that the
real interest of Azerbaijan is not in miscellaneous international
labelings of the different elements of the conflict but rather the
peaceful and comprehensive resolution of the conflict, just like it is
in the interest of the Republic of Nagorno Karabakh and the Republic
of Armenia.

The process mediated by the Co-Chairs of the Minsk Group is to reach
exactly that goal, and I think that understand made almost 4/5 abstain
from voting "yes’ for that resolution. Look at the voting of the US,
France and Russia – the most well-informed third parties, regarding
the NK conflict and its resolution.

Is it absolutely necessary to shed blood to understand that the
frozen conflicts demand expert and conscientious approach and cannot
be solved through the discussions in different fora?

We have done some serious work with the mediation of the OSCE Minsk
Group Co-Chairs. Isn’t it possible to at least abstain from creating
new challenges for the process?" he said.