Shavarsh Kocharyan: Armenia does not accept of a war, yet, in case of necessity, will adequately respond to rival’s actionsDecember 3, 2010 - 17:17 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Azerbaijan President’s reaction at OSCE summit in Astana suggests Baku will retain its position on Karabakh conflict settlement, according to Deputy Foreign Minister of Armenia Shavarsh Kocharyan. “Right after the joint statement of OSCE MG co-chairs, Azerbaijan attempted to speak from the position of force, declaring its right to resume hostilities should the peaceful settlement of conflict yield no results,” Kocharyan noted. “The declaration above suggests Baku’s unwillingness to normalize the conflict. Conditions laid down by the Azeri side are unacceptable to Armenia. Mutual concessions are possible, yet one-sided ones are not,” he stressed. As Kocharyan observed, all OSCE MG co-chairs, as well as the Armenian President, ruled out the military settlement of the conflict. “Yet, in case of necessity, Armenia will adequately respond to rival’s actions,” he stressed. “What does Azerbaijan hope for? I believe, the country does not need the conflict to be settled, the issue being the only source of its destructive ideology. Unfortunately, to confirm Azerbaijanis’ national identity, the country’s authorities chose anti-Armenian propaganda as the single possible way,” Kocharyan emphasized. 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. |