ARMENIAN PRESIDENT DOES NOT DEMONSTRATE CONSTRUCTIVE POSITION AT MEETING

Trend
Feb 24 2012
Azerbaijan

A position, which in some form would bring nearer to the peace or would
be in a constructive way, was not observed at a meeting with Armenian
President Serzh Sargsyan, MP Azay Guliyev said at a meeting held in
the Azerbaijani Parliament today following the visit to Armenia.

During the meeting between the “Euronest” PA delegation and Armenian
President Serzh Sargsyan, Lithuanian MP raised the issue how the
rights of people who were expelled from Azerbaijani territories
will be protected, Guliyev said. President Sargsyan did not answer
this question.

“We stressed in Yerevan that the Azerbaijan gives a full guarantee
of Armenians’ and Azerbaijanis’ safe living in Nagorno-Karabakh. The
question was raised whether the Armenian President can define any
framework for the conflict settlement. Unfortunately, he did not
answer this question.”

Azerbaijani parliamentarians at a meeting with Armenian President
also raised the question of creating conditions for a dialogue with
the Armenian community of Nagorno-Karabakh.

The Azerbaijani delegation refused from visiting a monument dedicated
to the fictitious “Armenian genocide”, which was scheduled on the
protocol, Guliyev said.

“The remark were made that we are engaged in propaganda,” Guliyev said.

Azerbaijani MPs Rovshan Rzayev, Faraj Guliyev and Azay Guliyev took
part in the meeting of the “Euronest” PA social committee, held in
Armenia on Feb. 21-23.

The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988
when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Armenian
armed forces have occupied 20 per cent of Azerbaijan since 1992,
including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and seven surrounding districts.

Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a ceasefire agreement in 1994. The
co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group – Russia, France and the U.S. –
are currently holding peace negotiations.

Armenia has not yet implemented the U.N. Security Council’s four
resolutions on the liberation of the Nagorno-Karabakh and the
surrounding regions.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress