Armenia FM raises Karabakh peace in UN Human Rights CouncilJune 24, 2019 - 16:44 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian Foreign Minister Zohrab Mnatsakanyan said at the 41st session of Human Rights Council in Geneva that the right to life of the people of Nagorno Karabakh (Artsakh) endangered. "Nagorno Karabakh is people. It is 150 thousand individual human beings with dignity, responsibility and rights," Mnatsakanyan said, according to Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Anna Naghdalyan. "Like any other people, they are entitled to freely enjoy their inalienable rights - all of them, including the right to self-determination, the right to freely determine their political status and freely pursue their economic, social and cultural development. "In their case, the right to life is especially endangered, as the existential physical security of the people of Nagorno Karabakh remains the biggest sustained threat. "The atrocious assault on their human security in the early 1990s, the repeated aggression against Nagorno Karabakh in April 2016, continued glorification of cold blooded murderers for killing Armenians, accompanied with government sponsored anti-Armenian propaganda and xenophobia represent the core causes of the conflict. "The key to resolution and lasting peace in the region is the recognition of the human security and rights of the people of Nagorno Karabakh." Top stories Six total incidents have burned 19 old-growth trees. Friday night 8 trees were torched along the beautiful main entrance. The EU does not intend to conduct military exercises with Armenia, Lead Spokesperson for EU Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Peter Stano says. Hikmet Hajiyev has said that there is no place for USAID operation in Azerbaijan any longer. A telephone conversation between Putin and Pashinyan before the CSTO summit is not planned, Peskov says. Partner news | Czech-Armenian military cooperation discussed in Yerevan A delegation led by the Director General for the Industrial Cooperation Division of the Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic visited Armenia. Ex-Karabakh leader moved to solitary confinement cell in Baku, his son says David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. Freedom House concerned by mounting reports of police violence in Armenia Freedom House urged Armenian authorities to investigate this pattern of excessive force and inhumane treatment. CSTO recognizes Armenia’s sovereign right to withdraw Tasmagambetov has said that if Armenia decides to leave the organization, “it will be the sovereign right of Armenia.” |