Heads of Delegation in Armenia for CSTO Collective Security Council
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The session is chaired by the President of Armenia which was presiding in the Council between the sessions of 2015-2016. Welcoming the participants of the session and noting that today Ar- menia’s presidency at the CSTO comes to an end, President Sargsyan underscored that Armenia attaches great importance to the success of the Yerevan summit. ganization and for the development of the CSTO in general. It is ex- “We have tried to do our best so that our mutual work is sapid and pected that today we will discuss a wide range of issues related to the efficient, for the benefit of the cooperation of our countries in the -Or earlier adopted decisions. Discussed will be a number of documents, adoption of which will set the guidelines of our cooperation in the nearest future. I am confident that traditions of a constructive mood and mutual assistance will be with us during this session too, which will allow to operatively endorse and adopt important decisions. Once again, as the accepting side, I welcome you to Armenia. Wel- come to Yerevan,” said the President of Armenia during his welcom- ing remarks addressed to the participants of the session of the CSTO Collective Security Council. The session in the restricted format will be followed by the session in the extended format with the participation of the official delega- tions of the CSTO member states. Turkey should be kept away from Karabakh talks: Shavarsh Kocharyan “Turkey has no place in and should be kept away from the Na- gorno-Karabakh negotiation process,” Armenia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Shavarsh Kocharyan has said. “The only positive impact Ankara could have on the Nagorno-Kara- bakh settlement is the opening of the border with Armenia and ceas- ing of encouraging Azerbaijan’s provocative and destructive steps,” Kocharyan said in comments to News.am. The remarks come after some media reports quoting Russian For- eign Minister Sergey Lavrov as saying that “Turkey could play a pos- itive role in the Karabakh conflict settlement. “The statement on the settlement of Nagorno-Karabakh issue, ad- opted by the Presidents of the CSTO member-countries in Yerevan on October 14, expresses its support to the agreements reached in Vienna and St. Petersburg aimed at the prevention of escalation of “The position of the Russian Federation on the settlement of Na- situation in the conflict zone, stabilization of situation and creation gorno-Karabakh conflict is expressed by the abovementioned state- of conditions for the advancement of peace process. The exclusively ment, not through the distortion of Sergey Lavrov’s words by the peaceful settlement should be based on the three well-known princi- Foreign Ministry of Turkey as presented in the Azerbaijani media: a ples of International Law – non use of force or threat of force, the ter- qualification, which previously was ascribed to the Azerbaijani side ritorial integrity of states and the equal rights and self-determination for its misrepresentation of the Nagorno-Karabakh negotiation pro- of peoples,” Shavarsh Kocharyan added. cess,” the Deputy Foreign Minister stated. 17 October #36 (1124) w 2016 www.nt.am The Noyan Tapan Highlights POLITICS 3 CSTO statement supports peaceful settlement of the Karabakh conflict and give preference to diplomatic methods, when solving emerging problems,” Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan told reporters, as he summed up the results of the Yerevan summit. Upon the conclusion of the meeting, the participants adopted a statement, expressing the approaches on key issues on international agenda. The Heads of State reiterated the role of the Organization as an important tool contributing to the maintenance of peace and stabil- ity, ensuring the security and sovereignty of the member states. “Within the framework of the CSTO the partners expressed support to the agreements on Nagorno Karabakh reached at the Vienna and St. Petersburg summits, which are targeted at preventing the rise of tension, stabilizing the situation and promoting the peace process,” President Sargsyan said. The CSTO Collective Security Strategy was adopted at the CSTO “During the sitting the participants stressed the need to solve the Collective Security Council session in Yerevan on October 14. The Karabakh conflict exceptionally through peaceful means and ex- Strategy outlines the priorities of the organization until 2025 and de- pressed support to the efforts of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs termines all main directions of cooperation. based on the norms and principles of international law, the UN Char- “The CSTO member states reiterated their willingness to build rela- ter and the Helsinki Final Act, namely the non-use of force or the tions with the international community on the basis of inseparability threat of force, the territorial integrity of states and the right of peoples of loyalty and security, to avoid the use of force or the threat of force to self-determination,” President Sargsyan said. There is huge potential for development of Armenian-Russian relations: Karen Karapetyan “There are many similarities and there is willingness to rein- force the existing close business ties,” he said. A number of agreements on Armenian-Russian cooperation were signed within the framework of the forums. The Fifth Armenian-Russian Inter-Regional Forum aims to reveal potential partners interested in the export of goods and products, making investments and implementing joint pro- grams. The International Forum of Eurasian Partnership held with the support of the Armenian Government and the Eurasian Eco- nomic Commission aims to contribute to the development of integration processes targeted at the expansion of bilateral and multilateral economic cooperation. Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan attended on October 14 the opening of the Fifth Armenian-Russian Inter-Regional Forum and International Forum of Eurasian Partnership. Greeting the participants, the Prime Minister said “the Fifth Armenian-Russian Inter-Regional Forum is a useful platform for the deepening of bilateral ties.” “Despite the high level of the Armenian-Russian relations, there is still an unprecedented potential for their deepening, and the international integration processes taking place with the Eur- asian framework can only contribute to this,” PM Karen Kara- petyan said. Referring to the International Forum of Eurasian Partnership, the Prime Minister wished productive work to the participants. The Noyan Tapan Highlights www.nt.am 17 October #36 (1124) w 2016 4 POLITICS French Senate Passes Bill Criminalizing Armenian Genocide Denial In July, the National Assembly–the lower house of France’s legislature–passed a similarly-worded measure.