EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT RESOLUTION CONTRADICTS EU STANCE: EDWARD NALBANDYAN

Tert.am
13:29 21.05.10

Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandyan is dissatisfied with
the 2216 non-binding resolution adopted at the European Parliament
on Thursday.

According to Nalbandyan it runs counter to the EU stance.

"The provisions of that report about the Karabakh conflict are in line
neither with the Madrid Principles nor with the Moscow declaration …

There is an apparent chaos of formulations," Nalbandyan, said at a
press conference today.

At the same time he recalled that the EU made its approach public
in December 2009 in Athens. "That approach is fully in line with
Armenia’s approach," said Nalbandyan.

The document adopted by the European Parliament clarifies the EU’s role
in tackling the frozen conflicts in the South Caucasus, particularly
the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

"Members of the European Parliament welcome the dynamic process
of the Armenian-Azerbaijani negotiations, but call on the sides to
intensify the talks to achieve peaceful settlement for the conflict,"
proposed the EP.

Further it says that the European Parliament calls on making the
negotiation process more active and quit all the actions that are
aimed at preserving the status quo established by force and not in
line with international law – something not beneficial for Armenia.

Particularly, the European Parliament requires that the "Armenian
troops be pulled out of the Azerbaijani occupied territories to let
those displaced to return to their homes."

Further the European Parliament says it "insists on Armenian forces
to withdraw from all occupied Azerbaijani territories adjacent to
Nagorno Karabakh."

What the EP suggests is giving Nagorno Karabakh a temporary status
unless its final status becomes clear which will enable the sides to
ensure during that transitional period the peaceful coexistence and
cooperation of Armenian and Azerbaijani people.