SAMVEL NIKOYAN: CZECHIA FOREIGN MINISTER’S STATEMENT ON KARABAKH RUNS COUNTER TO THAT OF OSCE FOREIGN MINISTERS

PanARMENIAN.Net
May 25, 2010 – 18:31 AMT 13:31 GMT

May 13-17, Armenian delegation visited Prague to meet with Czech Senate
Chairman, the head of Senate Foreign Relations Committee and other
high ranking officials, as well as Armenian community representatives.

“Using the absence of Czech Embassy in Armenia and Armenia-Czechia
parliamentary friendship group, Azeri propaganda managed to form
pro-Azeri attitude on Karabakh issue,” RA NA vice speaker Samvel
Nikoyan said at joint news conference with ARFD parliamentary group
member Armen Rustamyan.

“In this context, Armenian delegation’s visit was important in
presenting the essence of Karabakh issue to Czechia,” the vice
speaker noted.

“Meetings with Czech officials focused on Czechia Foreign Minister’s
statement made in Baku. The Minister, referring to Madrid documents,
pointed out only territorial integrity among Karabakh conflict
settlement principles,” Samvel Nikoyan noted.

“As we emphasized, Czechia Foreign Minister’s statement on Karabakh
runs counter to that of OSCE Foreign Ministers, signed by him in 2009.

We agreed on formation of Armenia-Czechia parliamentary friendship
group, also discussing the prospect of opening Armenian Embassy
to Czechia.”

Armen Rustamyan, in turn, stated that Armenian delegation’s visit
resulted in certain alterations in pro -Azeri attitude with Czech
officials.

In conclusion, ARFD parliamentary group member stressed the importance
of intensification of parliamentary diplomacy with Czechia.

From: A. Papazian