Armenia - Lone Dissenter
of OSCE
"I regret that Armenia could
not accept the principles which have the support of all other
participating states."
Flabio Cotti, Swiss Foreign
Minister and Chairman of the OSCE (Organization on the Security and Cooperation
of Europe) at the Lisbon Summit on December 3, 1996, when all
54 member countries except Armenia voted that Nagorno-Karabakh
be legally defined as a part of Azerbaijan.
[The three principles of the
Lisbon Declaration include (1) support for the territorial integrity
of Armenia and Azerbaijan; (2) the legal status of Nagorno-Karabakh
as one of the highest degrees of self-rule within Azerbaijan;
and (3) the guarantee for the security of Nagorno-Karabakh and
its entire population].
From Azerbaijan International (4.4) Winter 1996.
© Azerbaijan International 1996.
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Armenia - Lone Dissenter
of OSCE Flabio Cotti, Swiss Foreign Minister and Chairman of the OSCE (Organization on the Security and Cooperation of Europe) at the Lisbon Summit on December 3, 1996, when all 54 member countries except Armenia voted that Nagorno-Karabakh be legally defined as a part of Azerbaijan. [The three principles of the
Lisbon Declaration include (1) support for the territorial integrity
of Armenia and Azerbaijan; (2) the legal status of Nagorno-Karabakh
as one of the highest degrees of self-rule within Azerbaijan;
and (3) the guarantee for the security of Nagorno-Karabakh and
its entire population]. |