Armenian and Artsakh parliamentarians turn to international community
Armenian Parliament’s Standing Committees on Foreign Affairs and European Integration Affairs and the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs of Artsakh have issued a joint statement. “Discussing the recent escalation of the situation in the conflict zone, the continuous destructive and provocative actions by Azerbaijan, Azerbaijan’s xenophobic policy The sides attach importance to the implementation of international obligations set by the ceasefire agreements of 1994 and 1995, highlight the importance of agreements reached at the Vienna and St. Petersburg summits, in particular, establishment of investigation mechanism of ceasefire violations as a preventive tool, state that violations of obligations by Azerbaijan on the peaceful settlement of the conflict creates responsibility for Azerbaijan with all consequences, condemn Azerbaijani military and political leadership’s policy on consistently violating the Geneva Convention, deploying military posts near civilian settlements and using civilians as a human shield, call on the international community to impose targeted political and economic sanctions on those responsible for escalating the situation in the conflict zone, expect the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs to make more effective and practical efforts to stabilize the situation and ensure conditions for progress in peace, urge international structures to have active contribution to the peaceful settlement of the Karabakh conflict by assisting the efforts of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs,” reads the joint statement which was signed by Chairman of the NA Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs Armen Ashotyan, Chairwoman of the NA Standing Committee on European Integration Affairs Naira Zohrabyan and Chairperson of Artsakh Parliament’s Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs Arzik Mkhitaryan.
