"Yellow card" to Azerbaijan
International organizations decrying Azerbaijan's recent diversion did not give names in their statements.
In response to their statements, Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian today advised speaking openly and naming those responsible to avoid further problems.
"In order not to encourage those who make bellicose statements, those who frequently violate the truce, those who refuse to remove snipers from the contact line, those who incite provocations and attempt to disrupt negotiations, the international community should call things by their proper names and openly declare who was responsible for the recent incident at the line of contact between the NKR and Azerbaijani armed forces," Edward Nalbnadian said during a joint press confrence with Federal Minister for European and International Affairs of Austria, Michael Spindelegger.
During the meetings with the authors of statements Minister Nalbandian learnt that the appeals are addressed to Azerbaijan. "Statements on the recent incident in Chaylu signal as ‘yellow card' for Azerbaijan," he added.
Edward Nalbandian stressed that Azerbaijan attempts to attach religious colouring to the conflict and involve the Islamic world in the matter.
"I advise the international community to express a definite stance on the incident not to make an impression among Azerbaijanis that it will allow or accept any encroachment, bellicose statment or approach," Minister Nalbnadian said.
Replying to a journalit's question why Austria decided to open its first embassy in Azerbaijan which is labeled as an authoritarian country by the inetrnational community, Michael Spindelegger said, "Nabucco pipeline project tempted many Austrians; hence we decided to open the first embassy in Baku.The financial crisis frustrated our plans to open Embassies in all South Caucasian countries. But we shall establish diplomatic outposts in Armenia and Georgia in due time"
In response to an Australian journalist's question why the Armneian-Turkish raproachment was suspended, Minister Nalbandian said, "The reason is that Turkey has returned to the language of preconditions. Turkey constantly reiterates that it does not set preconditions while in fact, does the opposite. Not only Yerevan, but also the international community repeatedly insist on normalising relations withour preconditions. Negotiations will resume only in case Turkey shows respect for international agreements."
