IN MEXICO, NALBANDIAN VOICES DISMAY ABOUT PRO-AZERI POSITIONS
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Tuesday, October 23rd, 2012
Foreign Ministers Eduard Nalbandian and Patricia Espinosa
MEXICO CITY-While on an official visit to Mexico, Armenian Foreign
Minister Eduard Nalbandian on Tuesday criticized the Mexican Senate
for adopting pro-Azeri resolution and expressed dismay at the recent
erection of a statue of Azeri dictator Haydar Aliyev in the nation’s
capital.
During a meeting with his Mexican counterpart Patricia Espinosa,
Nalbandian expressed his dissatisfaction with the fact that the
previous Mexican parliament had adopted resolutions that misrepresent
the elements of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. Earlier this year,
the Mexican Senate passed a resolution commemorating the events at
Khojaly calling the incident genocide.
Nalbanian stressed that the resolutions were flagrantly contrary to
the international community’s position and harm the ongoing conflict
resolution process. He added that such measures also impact the
regional security and adversely impact Armenian-Mexican relations.
Nalbandian also expressed dismay over the erection of Khojaly memorial
and the Aliyev statue, both of which have prompted Mexican human
rights activities to complain to authorities.
Nalbandian told Espinosa that he shared the concerns voiced by
Mexican human rights advocates that the erection of the statues is an
insult to the memory of genocide victims, adding that he agreed with
the international reaction against placing the former Azerbaijani
president’s statue in the Mexican capital.
According to the Armenian Foreign Ministry press service, Espinosa
provided explanations and clarifications and acknowledged the public
outrage these statues have created. There were no indications, however,
that she proposed measures to rectify the situation.
During the talks, Nalbandian briefed Espinosa about the current state
of the Nagrono-Karabakh conflict resolution process. Espinosa voiced
support for the peaceful resolution of the conflict under the auspices
of the OSCE Minsk Group.
Nalbandian at the Mexican Senate
On the same day, Nalbandian also met with members of the Mexican
Senate and admonished them for taking steps that hinder cooperation
between Armenia and Mexico.
“By talking about the steps that harmed the relations I mean
the resolutions adopted by the last sitting of the Chamber of
the Parliament and Senate of Mexico on Nagorno-Karabakh, which
are contrary to the positions of the international community and
stimulate Azerbaijan’s destructive behavior and aggressive activities,”
Nalbandian told the senators.
The senators underlined that the only way of the settlement of the
issue is the negotiations, and they urged all parties of the conflict
to take steps for reaching peace as soon as possible, which is in
the interest of the region and people living there.
Nalbandian also spoke at the Matias Romero Institute for Diplomatic
Studies, to an audience made up of Mexico’s diplomatic corps and
high-ranking government officials. He delivered a terse message
regarding Azerbaijan and its leadership.
“Having rich experience in corruption, Baku is trying to bring that
experience to inter-state level, using it as a tool to lay its own
responsibility for distorted perceptions on others. Unfortunately,
in some countries some politicians fall into the Azerbaijan’s trap,”
said Nalbandian adding that those elements “are incapable of resisting
temptations of corruption coming from Baku. Based on its domestic
experience, Azerbaijan believes that everything can be bought and
sold even on the international level.”
“The banner of the Azeri former president’s monument is propagating
that the former head of the KGB is a bright example of international
peace, who led Azerbaijan to democracy. The actual truth is that
various human rights organizations listed that country among the
most corrupt and anti-democratic countries and that it has become
a world champion of provoking war and threatening to use force,”
added Nalbandian.
From: Baghdasarian