Domestic

Domestic

Armenians launch new Internet campaign to break Karabakh talks

08 June 2007 11:10 (UTC +04:00)

Armenians forward free protest fax to US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, Armenian Foreign Minister Vardan Oskanian, Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group Mathew Bryza, Bernard Fasier, Yuriy Merzlyakov and Andrzej Kasprzyk, Personal Representative of the Chairman-in-Office through web site http://www.armenianaction.com/index.php?lang=en.
The protest action says â€The general terms of the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, as declared on May 25, 2007 in Baku by the OCSE Minsk Group mediators B. Fassier and Y. Merzlyakov, contradict the expectations of the Armenian people for a peaceful and secure future. â€œThe surrender to Azerbaijan of the liberated lands of Nagorno-Karabakh, controlled by the local Armenian population, and the subsequent transformation of Nagorno-Karabakh into an enclave or semi-enclave within Azerbaijanâ€.
â€œIn return â€“ an unsubstantiated promise of a referendum in an unreasonably distant future regarding the status of Nagorno-Karabakh, which effectively denies the right to self-determination for the people of Nagorno-Karabakhâ€
Absence of an international political recognition of Nagorno-Karabakh is one of the main concerns of Armenians.
It also said â€œWe would like to inform the OSCE about the Armenian society’s position regarding the potential negative consequences of these terms of settlement, should they be realizedâ€ Traditionally repeated thesis of Armenians such as â€œNagorno-Karabakh has never been a part of independent Azerbaijanâ€ has repeated this time too. â€œBy pushing the Armenians to unilateral concessions, the OSCE is taking a responsibility for a future Azerbaijani aggression against Nagorno-Karabakh. Such an aggression will inevitably take place immediately after Karabakh surrenders to Azerbaijan the historical Armenian lands around its boundariesâ€ /APA/