RA Ambassador addresses Ban Ki-Moon
RA Permanent Representative to the UN Karen Nazaryan's letter to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon has been disseminated as an official document of that organization.
Calling Ban Ki-Moon's attention to the Azerbaijani armed forces' ongoing violations of the ceasefire regime at the line of contact in June, Armenia's Ambassasdor particularly mentions that such provocative actions go against the negotiations being held under the auspices of the OSCE Minsk Group, the previous statements made by the leaders of the co-chairing countries, as well as the UN Charter and the Helsinki Final Act.
In his letter, Karen Nazaryan expresses concern that the Azerbaijani government is leading an anti-Armenian propaganda, which is becoming an inseparable part of Azerbaijan's foreign policy. Evidence of that are the military parade held on 26 June 2011 and the World Azerbaijani Congress held on July 5.
The Ambassador mentions that such actions of the Azerbaijani government overtly breach the commitments excluding war propaganda and aggression in the fundamental international documents adopted by the UN, the OSCE and the Council of Europe.
In the letter it is also stated that Armenia is committed to continue negotiations over the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict under the auspices of the OSCE Minsk Group, which is the efficient and only internationally authorized format for mediation. It is also stated that the time has come for Azerbaijan to realize that it must put an end to impeding the mediators' efforts and that it should concentrate on the negotiations instead of spreading information that is insulting and unsubstantiated.
