  Armenia not surprised at Karabakh resolution passage in UNMarch 17, 2008 - 14:21 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia shares the position of the world powers which abstained from vote on Azerbaijan's resolution on Karabakh, RA President's spokesman Victor Soghomonyan told a briefing in Yerevan."All these states do know that the resolution undermines the Karabakh peaceful process," he said. "Adoption of the resolution by 39 UN member states was not a surprise for Armenia. The point is how seriously Azerbaijan treats the talks and the OSCE MG's disapproval of the resolution, which is non-binding anyway," Mr Soghomonyan said when responding to a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter's question. On March 14, with 39 votes in favor, 7 against and 100 abstentions, the Assembly adopted the resolution "On the situation on the occupied territories of Azerbaijan."   Top stories Grigoryan added that the situation around the world and particularly in the region is very difficult. The Armenian Defense Ministry has denied Azerbaijan's accusations of violating the ceasefire. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan took to social media to thank his Lithuanian counterpart for the contribution. President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova.   Partner news |  Related sections Topic Latest news Viva sees growing demand for cloud services  In recent years, medical institutions are starting to make use of Viva’s cloud servicesTurkey replacing term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks The Turkish Ministry of Education is replacing the term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks.Armenian, German presidents meet in Berlin Armenian and German Presidents Vahagn Khachaturyan and Frank-Walter Steinmeier met in Berlin.Armenia assumes presidency of Mediterranean Network of Regulatory Authorities The Commission on Television and Radio of Armenia said it expects productive cooperation in various formats. |
