EX-FM: FAIR ELECTIONS IN ARTSAKH IMPORTANT FOR CONFLICT SETTLEMENT
PanARMENIAN.Net
July 19, 2012 – 17:03 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net – Ex-foreign minister of Armenia, Prosperous Armenia
party member Vartan Oskanian commented on ongoing presidential polls
in Artsakh.
In his Facebook post, the politician stressed that fair and competitive
elections in the republic are important in Karabakh conflict settlement
progress.
“A recent Freedom House report listed Artsakh as well as Azerbaijan
among non-free countries, while Armenia was named partially free,”
Oskanian said.
According to the politician, Artsakh was compared to Azerbaijan in
the fact that in 2010 NKR parliamentary polls, no opposition member
made it to the national assembly.
As Oskanian noted, with Karabakh settlement progresss in a standstill,
it’s vital to both Armenia and NKR not to be compared to Azerbaijan
as far as democratic values go.
“Armenian diplomacy must dtrive to make the international community
aware that Artsakh has used its “right to self determination,” having
already determined its position.
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