ARMENPRESS
ARF WARNS BAKU AGAINST TRYING TO SHIFT KARABAKH
SETTLEMENT EFFORTS TO UN
YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 15, ARMENPRESS: A senior member
of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF) has
warned authorities in Azerbaijan that Yerevan will
pull out of the negotiations over the Nagorno-Karabakh
conflict if Baku persists in trying to get the United
Nations to deal with the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict; as
a result, he said, Baku would have to negotiate with
authorities in Stepanakert.
Spartak Seyranian from the ARF ruling board,
denounced Azerbaijan for its efforts to shift the
conflict process to the UN, saying Baku is doing this
because of facing serious difficulties in the OSCE
Minsk group.
The UN General Assembly decided on September 13 to
include a new item on conflicts in the Black Sea-South
Caucasus region in the agenda of its 61-st session.
The decision to include the issue in the General
Assembly session -which was pushed for by GUAM-member
states Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan and Moldova – was
adopted `following a contentious procedural debate.’
Sixteen countries, including the Baltic States,
GUAM-member states, the United States and United
Kingdom voted in favor of including the item entitled
`protracted conflicts in the GUAM area and their
implications for international peace, security and
development.’ Fifteen countries, including Russia and
Armenia, voted against, while 65 abstained.
Seyranian said Armenia has always been opposed to
UN involvement in Karabakh peace talks, insisting that
the Minsk Group of the OSCE is the most effective
international peace-brokering body to help settle the
Armenian-Azerbaijani dispute.