HRANUSH HAKOBYAN’S STRUGGLE IN NATO SUCCESSFUL
17-11-2005
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“Armenia is not going to make concessions”, National Assembly deputy Hranush Hakobyan said in answer to NATO Parliamentary Assembly deputy chair, Turk in origin Vahid Erdem, who said that Armenia should change some articles of its constitution, not to present Western Anatolia as a part of Armenia and recognize the Kars agreement.
The Armenian delegation headed by Hranush Hakobyan took part in the NATO PA session held November 11-15.
A draft resolution titled “Protection and Integration of Minorities as Contribution to Stability in the South Caucasus” was presented at the session. As it turned out the report contained items unfavorable for Armenia. One of the items says, for example, that Nagorno Karabakh occupied 13.4% of the Azerbaijani territory. Hranush Hakobyan grounded her disagreement with the fact that the people expressed their position via referendum and have lived in accord with democratic principles. 4 presidential, 4 parliamentary as well as elections to the local self-government were held.
The draft resolution noted that Azeris being evicted could not participate in the privatization process. However Armenians could not participate in the process either.
The Armenian delegation also raised the fact that Nagorno Karabakh was included in the minorities of the South Caucasus. “NKR cannot be considered to be a minority. How can a people that lived independently of the Azerbaijani authority for 17 years be considered a minority,” Hranush Hakobyan said.
The Armenian delegation also noted the existence of the OSCE Minsk Group dealing with the settlement of the conflict. She also reminded that international structures never connected the Karabakh conflict with other South Caucasian conflicts.
[...] . All 4 proposals submitted [...] were adopted unanimously.
Note: Above are excerpts from the article. The full article appears here. Clarifications and comments by me are contained in {}. Deletions are marked by [...]. The bold emphasis is mine.
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“Armenia is not going to make concessions”, National Assembly deputy Hranush Hakobyan said in answer to NATO Parliamentary Assembly deputy chair, Turk in origin Vahid Erdem, who said that Armenia should change some articles of its constitution, not to present Western Anatolia as a part of Armenia and recognize the Kars agreement.
The Armenian delegation headed by Hranush Hakobyan took part in the NATO PA session held November 11-15.
A draft resolution titled “Protection and Integration of Minorities as Contribution to Stability in the South Caucasus” was presented at the session. As it turned out the report contained items unfavorable for Armenia. One of the items says, for example, that Nagorno Karabakh occupied 13.4% of the Azerbaijani territory. Hranush Hakobyan grounded her disagreement with the fact that the people expressed their position via referendum and have lived in accord with democratic principles. 4 presidential, 4 parliamentary as well as elections to the local self-government were held.
The draft resolution noted that Azeris being evicted could not participate in the privatization process. However Armenians could not participate in the process either.
The Armenian delegation also raised the fact that Nagorno Karabakh was included in the minorities of the South Caucasus. “NKR cannot be considered to be a minority. How can a people that lived independently of the Azerbaijani authority for 17 years be considered a minority,” Hranush Hakobyan said.
The Armenian delegation also noted the existence of the OSCE Minsk Group dealing with the settlement of the conflict. She also reminded that international structures never connected the Karabakh conflict with other South Caucasian conflicts.
[...] . All 4 proposals submitted [...] were adopted unanimously.
Note: Above are excerpts from the article. The full article appears here. Clarifications and comments by me are contained in {}. Deletions are marked by [...]. The bold emphasis is mine.
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