Armenia Calls For Agreement On Non-Use Of Force With Azerbaijan

ARMENIA CALLS FOR AGREEMENT ON NON-USE OF FORCE WITH AZERBAIJAN

Interfax
Oct 24 2011
Russia

Yerevan calls for snipers to be removed from the front positions
of the Karabakh conflict zone and an agreement to be reached on the
renouncement of the use of force, Armenian Foreign Minister Eduard
Nalbandian said.

“At a meeting in Astrakhan, brokered by Russian President Dmitry
Medvedev, a very good agreement was reached to create a mechanism of
investigating incidents on the line of contact, which could become a
mechanism preventing incidents and violations of the cease-fire regime
in general. The presidents agreed, and the Azerbaijani president
also put his signature under the statement. But shortly after this
agreement the Azerbaijanis made a step back, effectively, opposing
the creation of such a mechanism,” the Armenian minister said in
an interview with Interfax ahead of a state visit to Russia by the
Armenian president on October 23-25.

This issue was discussed in Vienna the other day, and “was opposed
by an Azeri representative,” he said.

“The co-chairs, the OSCE (Organization for Security and Co-operation
in Europe), other international organizations, the United Nations
secretary general called for the withdrawal of snipers and
a stronger cease-fire regime. There was a proposal to reach an
agreement renouncing the use of force and a threat of the use of
force. All these proposals are being supported by us, supported by
the international community, but opposed by Azerbaijan,” the Armenian
foreign minister said.

“There is yet another evidence that the Azeri leadership are in
fact not prepared to agree to the settlement, and have some other,
dangerous plans in their heads, which can have dangerous consequences
not only for region, but primarily precisely for Azerbaijan.”

Full interview with the Armenian foreign minister will be posted on
the website on Saturday.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress