ARMENIA PRAISES OSCE MINSK GROUP STATEMENT ON NAGORNO-KARABAKH
Interfax
Feb 24 2009
Russia
Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian has spoken in support for
an OSCE Minsk Group statement on a settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh
conflict.
"It is a very rare occasion for the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairmen to
say clearly that one of the parties to the conflict impedes a peaceful
settlement process," Nalbandian told journalists on Friday.
The OSCE Minsk Group co-chairmen said in a recent statement that
the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict should be resolved in an exclusively
peaceful way, apparently referring to the two documents Azerbaijan
circulated at the UN General Assembly in December 2008 to substantiate
Baku’s right to self-defense.
Nalbandian pointed out that the Moscow Declaration, the two statements
made in Helsinki, the statement by the OSCE Minsk Group co- chairmen,
and statements by the foreign ministers of the 56 OSCE member-
states say that there is no alternative to a peaceful resolution to
the conflict.
Earlier on Friday, Baku criticized the statement by the OSCE Minsk
Group co-chairmen, which rejected the possibility that the Nagorno-
Karabakh conflict could be settled in a military way.
"When the 56 OSCE countries and the Minsk Group co-chairmen assume
one position and Azerbaijan another, this country should think why
it is pursuing such a destructive policy," Nalbandian said.