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Azerbaijani representative of International Crisis Group: “I did not hear Bernard Fassier praise Armenian fighters during his speech in Yerevan”
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16 Mar 2010 13:11 ]
Baku. Lachin Sultanova – APA. “I did not personally hear Bernard Fassier praise Armenian fighters,” Azerbaijani representative of the International Crisis Group (ICG) Tabib Huseynov, who attended Rose-Roth seminar of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly in Yerevan, told APA.
He said Bernard Fassier wanted to make speech in English, but the French participants demanded him to speak his native language.
“When Fassier began to speak French, the translator was not ready and translated the text into English badly. I personally did not hear Bernard Fassier say these words. On the contrary, there were points in his speech that coincided with Azerbaijan’s official position. Especially, he touched on return of the Azerbaijanis to Nagorno Karabakh, situation that may follow the return of the Azerbaijanis, consideration of the position of the Nagorno Karabakh’s Azerbaijanis during the determination of the final status of Nagorno Karabakh,” he said.
Tabib Huseynov also touched on his speech in the seminar.
“The main essence of my speech was that there already is too positive international atmosphere for the solution to Nagorno Karabakh problem. The co-chairs of Minsk Group, including Russia cooperate with one another well and assist the sides to achieve a progress basing on the basic principles. The positions of Russia and the West coincide more in Nagorno Karabakh issue, than in Georgia’s problems. The essence of my speech was that we should not lose this opportunity. On the other hand, the main problem is inside the societies and particularly in the Armenian society. They are less inclined to accept the basic principles than Azerbaijan. Azerbaijani officials stated that they accepted the Madrid proposals. I tried to touch on these points in my speech. I said what we can do so that the societies realize that these principles do not contradict their main interests, the problem can indeed be solved peacefully,” he said.
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