Mediamax, Armenia
Sept 24 2011

Azerbaijan’s `everything or war’ position have stalled progress,
Armenian leader said

Saturday 24 September 2011 09:34

Yerevan, September 24. /Mediamax/. Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan
said that “Azerbaijan’s utter unwillingness to reach an agreement and
its “everything or war’ position have stalled progress in the peace
talks’.

Serzh Sargsyan said this addressing the 66th session of the UN General
Assembly in New York September 23.

`Despite the expectations and the high-level advice from the
international community, Azerbaijan took yet another step back during
the last meeting in Kazan by rejecting the previously elaborated
arrangement and trying, in fact, to break down the negotiation
process’, Armenian leader said.

Serzh Sargsyan noted that Baku `has turned armenophobia into state
propaganda, at a level that is far beyond dangerous’.

He said that Azerbaijan continues to turn down the repeated proposals
by the international community concerning agreement on the non-use of
force and strengthening the confidence-building measures.

`Moreover, the belligerent rhetoric and war threats uttered by
Azerbaijan have intensified and ceasefire violations have grown more
frequent, continuing to deprive of life innocent civilians. All of
this is orchestrated from the highest state level. The dangerous rise
in manifestations of armenophobia not only fails to contribute to an
atmosphere of trust in the region, but also leads to questions about
Azerbaijan’s understanding of the goals of the United Nations to
practice tolerance and live together in peace with one another as good
neighbors. Aspiring for membership in the Security Council of the UN
with such an understanding is impermissible and even dangerous’, Serzh
Sargsyan said.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress