EUROPEAN ARMENIAN FEDERATION APPLIES TO OSCE, GIVING ALARM ON INCREASE OF MILITARY EXPENSES OF AZERBAIJAN

Noyan Tapan
Aug 4, 2009

STRASBOURG, AUGUST 4, NOYAN TAPAN – ARMENIANS TODAY. The European
Armenian Federation applied to the OSCE with a statement, expressing
its anxiety relating to increase of the military expenses of Azerbaijan
what creates threat of security for the whole territory and especially
for Armenia. It is mentioned in the statement that great expenses in
the sphere of armament and the last statements of the President of
Azerbaijan could liquidate the OSCE Minsk Group’s efforts addressed
to the Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlement, Panarmenian.net states.

"Taking into consideration all these and threats of Aliyev’s regime,
the European Armenian Federation states that Azerbaijan violated main
principles of international negotiations, seriously giving preference
to a military solution of the conflict, leading the OSCE Minsk Group
Co-Chairs into error.

The Federation persuades its mediators to address their efforts
against serious security threats which arises from current national
supremacies of Azerbaijan. Azerbaijan must not be allowed to negotiate
from the positions of military threat in the case when the Armenian
side honestly negotiates," is said in the statement.

"We apply to the MG Co-Chairs, asking to seriously take in the
military pretentiousness and demand based guarantees of not attacking
until the negotiations continue within the OSCE framework. The
agreement on not attacking which obliges peace from Azerbaijan is,
in these circumstances, the only considerable goal for the OSCE,
before continuing the future negotiations." "Armenia and NKR have
right to secure their safety in the conditions of continuable
threats of Azerbaijan. Besides, the negotiation process must not
exclude participation of the NKR, as an independent state, in the
negotations. The threats of Azerbaijan are addressed to the NKR
population which must conduct independent policy in the negotiations
process," European Armenian Federation Chairwoman Hilda Tchoboian
stated.