Armenian president reaffirms intention to recognize Karabakh in case of Baku’s aggression
December 10, 2010 16:50
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan delivered a speech at the Dec. 10 meeting of CIS Heads of States held in Moscow.
“In case Azerbaijan launches new hostilities, Armenia will have no choice but to recognize independence of Nagorno-Karabakh de jure and ensure security of its population by all means possible,” Sargsyan said, ITAR-TASS reported.
President Sargsyan also recalled that the five-sided statement was issued by the Minsk Group, the Armenian and Azerbaijani Presidents at the OSCE summit in Astana. “The statement mentions that peaceful resolution by means of negotiations has no alternative while making decision to establish stability, peace and mutual understanding between nations based on the UN and OSCE documents,” the Armenian leader noted. “Russian President, French Prime Minister and U.S. Secretary of State stated use of force and threats are unacceptable and any attempts to use force will make impossible peaceful resolution of the conflict,” he said, adding “Armenia strongly objects to resolution of the conflict by military means.”
The Armenian leader also commented on issues related to CSTO. He also informed of CSTO states’ intention to create more efficient crisis management mechanism. According to him, the CSTO documents will be amended. “Tragic events in Kyrgyzstan revealed a number of problems regarding prompt measures,” he stressed.
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