{"id":48550,"date":"2010-11-05T07:50:00","date_gmt":"2010-11-05T07:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.epress.am\/2010\/11\/05\/armenian-delegation-seeks-clarification-from-nato-why-do-azerbaijans-bidding\/"},"modified":"2010-11-05T07:50:00","modified_gmt":"2010-11-05T07:50:00","slug":"armenian-delegation-seeks-clarification-from-nato-why-do-azerbaijans-bidding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/epress.am\/en\/2010\/11\/05\/armenian-delegation-seeks-clarification-from-nato-why-do-azerbaijans-bidding.html","title":{"rendered":"Armenian Delegation Seeks Clarification from NATO: Why Do Azerbaijan&#8217;s Bidding?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px\/normal 'Arian AMU'; color: rgb(1, 1, 1)\">Azerbaijan&#8217;s representative at the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, Ziyafet Asgerov, has contacted the relevant NATO bodies and asked to remove the Nagorno-Karabakh resolution from the proposed agenda, since the discussion dates coincided with the days of the parliamentary elections in Azerbaijan.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px\/normal 'Arian AMU'; color: rgb(1, 1, 1); min-height: 16px\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px\/normal 'Arian AMU'; color: rgb(1, 1, 1)\">In an interview with Epress.am, Heritage Party parliamentary faction leader Stepan Safaryan said that they received an official notice from NATO saying that discussion of the resolution would be postponed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px\/normal 'Arian AMU'; color: rgb(1, 1, 1); min-height: 16px\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px\/normal 'Arian AMU'; color: rgb(1, 1, 1)\">&#8220;First, when the NATO Parliamentary Assembly agreed to discuss Azerbaijan&#8217;s proposed resolution, the Armenian side protested, but as always, NATO didn&#8217;t accept the Armenian side&#8217;s legitimate proposal and approved the resolution for consideration,&#8221; said Safaryan.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px\/normal 'Arian AMU'; color: rgb(1, 1, 1); min-height: 16px\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px\/normal 'Arian AMU'; color: rgb(1, 1, 1)\">According to the MP, two days ago, representatives of the Armenian delegation met, discussed and decided to make only one proposal during the NATO Parliamentary Assembly session, connected to the second paragraph of the resolution which refers to the so-called &#8220;occupied territories.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px\/normal 'Arian AMU'; color: rgb(1, 1, 1); min-height: 16px\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px\/normal 'Arian AMU'; color: rgb(1, 1, 1)\">&#8220;However, I said that I don&#8217;t agree to address only that sentence, and I am preparing to submit a dozen proposals, but today we received that notice, about the discussion being postponed,&#8221; he said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px\/normal 'Arian AMU'; color: rgb(1, 1, 1); min-height: 16px\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px\/normal 'Arian AMU'; color: rgb(1, 1, 1)\">He added that the Armenian delegation is preparing to seek clarification from NATO as to what privilege does Azerbaijan have that all of its motions and resolutions are approved.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px\/normal 'Arian AMU'; color: rgb(1, 1, 1); min-height: 16px\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px\/normal 'Arian AMU'; color: rgb(1, 1, 1)\">&#8220;This was Azerbaijan&#8217;s bidding, which NATO&#8217;s Parliamentary Assembly performs. 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