During the NATO Parliamentary Assembly’s session, the Secretary General of the alliance gave a clear response to the Azerbaijani delegate’s question who tried to present the Nagorno Karabakh conflict as a territorial issue between Armenia and Azerbaijan, reports “Armenpress”.
NATO Secretary General gives clear response to Azerbaijani delegate’s question on NK conflict
STEPANAKERT, NOVEMBER 25, ARTSAKHPRESS:Head of the Armenian delegation to the NATO PA Koryun Nahapetyan told reporters on November 25 that during the entire session the Azerbaijanis were trying to create such an impression that the NK conflict is a territorial dispute between Armenia and Azerbaijan, and one of the delegates addressed a question to NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg over this issue.
“NATO Secretary General’s response was very clear. He stated that NATO’s stance on the Nagorno Karabakh conflict has not changed. NATO has no participation in the conflict settlement, it welcomes the ongoing process under the OSCE Minsk Group Co-chairmanship format”, Nahapetyan said.
Nahapetyan said NATO Secretary General stated for the first time that NATO-Armenia and NATO-Azerbaijan relations are in no way connected with the Nagorno Karabakh conflict. “This was a clear stance. The Secretary General’s response was clear and concrete”, Nahapetyan said.
He said the Azerbaijani delegation tried to spread information without corresponding to the reality during the committee sessions. He informed that in one of the draft resolutions the Azerbaijani delegation suggested to include Azerbaijan in the formulations of aggression and territorial integrity as an affected state.
“In this regard after the clarifications made by us and general rapporteur it became clear that such formulation will simply distort the situation and can bring approaches that can harm the peaceful settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict”, Nahapetyan said, adding that all the delegates rejected the Azerbaijani delegation’s proposal.
