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Saturday, 16 September 2006
ARMENIAN FOREIGN MINISTER WARNS THAT UN ACTION DIVERTS FROM KARABAKH PEACE PROCESS
By empty (9/16/2006 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Speaking to reporters in Yerevan following an annual meeting of the Armenian diplomatic corps, Vardan Oskanian warned on September 16 that a recent Azerbaijani diplomatic initiative in the United Nations \"diverts attention\" from the Nagorno-Karabakh peace process and may even \"slow it down.\" The foreign minister was referring to an initiative of the Organization for Democracy and Economic Development-GUAM group seeking to add the issue of the region\'s \"frozen\" conflicts to the agenda of the UN General Assembly. Oskanian characterized this as is a \"new challenge\" for Armenia, but said that it stems from the fact that \"pressure on Azerbaijan is growing.
Speaking to reporters in Yerevan following an annual meeting of the Armenian diplomatic corps, Vardan Oskanian warned on September 16 that a recent Azerbaijani diplomatic initiative in the United Nations \"diverts attention\" from the Nagorno-Karabakh peace process and may even \"slow it down.\" The foreign minister was referring to an initiative of the Organization for Democracy and Economic Development-GUAM group seeking to add the issue of the region\'s \"frozen\" conflicts to the agenda of the UN General Assembly. Oskanian characterized this as is a \"new challenge\" for Armenia, but said that it stems from the fact that \"pressure on Azerbaijan is growing.\" He earlier warned of \"a question mark\" over future peace talks if Azerbaijan proceeded with the UN initiative. (Arminfo)