EUROPARLIAMENT VOTED DOWN PRO-AZERI VARIANT OF KARABAKH CONFLICT SETTLEMENTFebruary 27, 2004 - 17:38 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - February 26 the European Parliament adopted the "European Union Policy toward the South Caucasus" resolution worked out by Swedish deputy Per Gahrton. Along with other points the project of resolution maintained an arguable indent on the Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlement providing for EU's support of enabling Baku-Yerevan-Nakhichevan railway in exchange for "the seized Azeri territories". The parliamentary majority, that is the European People's (Christian Democratic) Party and European Socialists spoke for omitting the indent from the resolution. As a result, the Europarliament by overwhelming majority voted down the above mentioned "variant of exchange" always propagandized by Azerbaijan in European structures, classifying it as an attempt to proceed from package to stepwise settlement of the Karabakh conflict. As reported by RA MFA press office, the EU again refrained from taking one-sided decisions on the Karabakh issue thus preventing creation of additional complications for its resolving. Many deputies agreed that the negotiations should be resumed at the level that was achieved earlier and that the peaceful settlement of the conflict can provided by the continuation of the dialogue only. 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 | Aliyev travels to Turkey at Erdogan's invitation On June 10, Azerbaijani President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev will leave for Turkey on a working visit. CSTO budget “to be adjusted due to Yerevan’s non-payment of contributions” The CSTO budget for the current year requires adjustments due to the refusal of Yerevan to pay their share of contributions. Russia sends note of protest to Armenia over envoy’s trip to Ukraine’s Bucha Russia has sent a note of protest to Armenia over the visit of Vladimir Karapetyan and Tigran Ter-Margaryan to Bucha. Armenia: Protesters march to parliament, some spend the night on street The protesters did not disperse despite heavy rain that began at around 2 a.m. local time. |