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Armenia politicizes Francophonie event, shows disrespect to international law

18 October 2018 20:11 (UTC+04:00)
Armenia politicizes Francophonie event, shows disrespect to international law

By Abdul Kerimkhanov

Occupant Armenia, experiencing a deep political crisis, has turned a serious international event – Francophonie - into a cheap political show, by means of which Yerevan tried to hide its aggressive essence.

The event is only remembered by disrespect to the international community and the attempt to undermine France’s efforts in the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

The intentions of Armenia to hold such a forum are clear. Being isolated hinders the opportunity to collect benefits and donations from foreign countries, which are of high importance for such a poor and economically unstable state as Armenia.

Yerevan, which has a two-faced nature, is trying to differently present and justify the continuation of the aggression policy against Azerbaijan. This is done with the aim to gain international support in resolving the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict in its favor.

However, instead of making fun of itself in front of the whole world, Armenia would better return the occupied territories, thus establishing peace in the region. The country has no one to blame for its so-called “self-isolation”, but itself.

While Armenia tried to show the global community that it allegedly respects the humanistic values ​​and is committed to them, the fact that the Nagorno-Karabakh region was represented by the Armenian pavilion at the event says quite the opposite. It is just another provocative step serving continuation of the occupation policy, and everyone understands that.

Armenia politicized the Francophonie event even further. The Resolution on “Crisis situations, Getting out of crisis and Peace-building in the Francophone Area” adopted at the summit of the Organization of La Francophonie has a paragraph concerning the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

It was clear from the very beginning that the summit in Yerevan will not be held without provocations, even the tiniest ones.

The countries of the International Organization of Francophonie (OIF) reiterated their position aimed at supporting the efforts of the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs to resolve the Karabakh conflict in thr final document.

“We reaffirm our full support for the efforts of the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs on an exclusively peaceful settlement of the Karabakh conflict and recall that for the long-term peace all parties to the conflict must be involved in the process, in accordance with the proposals of the co-chairs,” the Armenian media quoted the document.

There is one phrase in this statement which changes a lot and shows a different perspective. What does “all parties to the conflict” mean ?

It is nothing by Pashinyan’s idea regarding the involvement of Karabakh separatists in the negotiations as a condition for “long-term peace”. This doesn’t correspond to the talks held recently between Armenian Prime Minister and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev in Dushanbe, which arouse certain positivity among experts earlier. Many interpreted these talks as a sign that Yerevan agrees with the format of peace talks.

It is obvious that the text of the resolution, in any case, was written by the Armenian side.

The appeals sounded as if copied from the speeches of Nikol Pashinyan, including regarding “the implementation of agreements reached in the past”.

Pashinyan and his team are well aware that there will be no third party in the negotiations. There have been no any other “previous agreements” with the exception of the ceasefire regime, which the Armenians regularly violate. But such impossible demands and appeals help delay the process of peaceful negotiations for an indefinite period. However, delay of negotiations will bring nothing to Armenia except for growing mistrust from the international community.

The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict began in 1988 when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. As a result of the ensuing war, in 1992 Armenian armed forces occupied 20 percent of Azerbaijan, including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and seven surrounding regions. More than 20,000 Azerbaijanis were killed and over 1 million were displaced as a result of the large-scale hostilities. The 1994 ceasefire agreement was followed by peace negotiations.

Until now, Armenia controls fifth part of Azerbaijan’s territory and rejects implementing four UN Security Council resolutions on withdrawal of its armed forces from Nagorno-Karabakh and surrounding regions.

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