Armenia must strive to improve distorted perception of Karabakh conflict – expertJune 18, 2012 - 15:45 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia must strive to improve international community’s distorted perception of Karabakh conflict, according to the head of Political Research Academy NGO. As Alexander Manasyan told a news conference in Yerevan, “over the last 20 years, Azerbaijan has been instilling the notion of having a legal right to reclaim liberated territories of Artsakh, with Armenia not taking enough effort to refute Baku’s rhetoric.” “Armenia must make the world aware that not an inch of Azerbaijan’s legal territory was seized,” the expert said. “Back in 1921, when by the illegal decision of Caucasus Bureau Nagorno Karabakh was passed under Azeri control, the separate territories of Nagorno Karabakh Autonomous Oblast were not stipulated. Only in 1923, Azerbaijan separated Armenian-populated territories, with Nagorno Karabakh Autonomous Oblast formed solely of the latters,” the expert explained. Top stories The Cabinet of Ministers decided on Thursday, November 9 to allocated AMD 120 million to arrange the gathering. Michael Roth believes sanctions must be put on the table after Baku‘s ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh. The Yerevan City Council has elected Tigran Avniyan from the ruling Civil Contract as the mayor of the Armenian capital. The Armenian Parliament on Tuesday, October 3 voted to ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. Partner news | Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. Aram I supports Karekin II’s “patriotic position” Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I has expressed support for the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. U.S. believes peace is “possible” in South Caucasus The United States continues to believe that peace is possible in the South Caucasus, Vedant Patel said. |