ARMENIAN FOREIGN MINISTER SPEAKS ABOUT RIGHTS OF ARMENIANS OF NAGORNO KARABAKH AT UNO COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS MEETINGMarch 23, 2002 - 18:59 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - «We urge Turkey to get over our past in order to have a region that we had for centuries- the crossroad, gates and Eden garden. History and geography are stable values», Armenian foreign minister Vardan Oskanian stated, while speaking at the meeting of the UNO Commission on human rights for the first time. He expressed his hope that Armenia would establish friendly relations with Turkey preferring a hope for bright future to unforgiving opinion about the past». Stressing the importance of having stability in the South Caucasus, Vardanian spoke about the rights of Armenians living in Nagorno Karabakh. «Being realists, we urge official Baku to accept that Armenians of Nagorno Karabakh will become citizens of Azerbaijan against their will», noted the minister. At the same time the Armenian foreign minister urged the international community to assist in the achievement of fair and stable peace in the region «taking into consideration the current situation and the historic reasons explaining the current situation», RA MFA press service reported. Top stories 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. Achieving stable peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan remains a priority of the OSCE, said Ian Borg. The Cabinet of Ministers decided on Thursday, November 9 to allocated AMD 120 million to arrange the gathering. Partner news | Concept to complete Yerevan Cascade discussed at city hall A conceptual proposal to complete the Cascade complex in downtown Yerevan has been presented by Jean-Michel Wilmotte. Pashinyan visits flood-hit region Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Saturday, June 8 visited the disaster area in the Lori province. U.S. Assistant Secretary of State to travel to Armenia Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs James C. O’Brien will travel to Yerevan on June 10-12. Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life, Strong Mind IDBank and Idram summarize the results of the May program of “The Power of One Dram”. |