Vardan Oskanyan: "Azerbaijan tries to make use of the internal situation in Armenia"

The due announcement was made by Armenian Foreign Minister Vardan Oskanyan.

The Armenian Minister reminded that Azerbaijan has applied UN resolution on Nagorno Karabakh, with voting scheduled for March 14. "We continue diplomatic works to prevent this resolution, as we consider that it is applied to make use of the internal political situation in Armenia by Azerbaijan", Oskanyan noted.

At the same time, the minister said Azerbaijan has a right to apply the resolution any time. "However, it should be taken into account that there is an unexhausted potential in the negotiation process, the newly elected president of Armenia is ready to continue talks on the Karabakh issue from the grounds we have achieved by now", Oskanyan noted.

He also added that in case this resolution is applied the newly elected president of Armenia will be in a difficult state "which will mean that Azerbaijan intends to change its strategy on the talks".

He considers that Armenia's efforts to resists Baku's steps have given good results.

Oskanyan said Azerbaijan's substantiations on the resolution are based on the Kosovo precedent, which Armenia regards as an unsubstantiated ground from their side.

"Baku just tries to make use of the situation in Kosovo and internal political situation in Armenia in an attempt to settle its tasks and reach recognition of its territorial integrity, which Azerbaijan had attempted to do more than once, but failed", Oskanyan noted.

At the same time, the minister noted that he can not predict results of voting on the resolution.

"I can only assure that co-chairmen of the OSCE Minsk Group attempt to persuade Azerbaijan to withdraw the resolution. I do not know whether they will be successful or no, but I do hope that OSCE Minsk Group member-states will not support the said resolution", Oskanyan announced.

/Novosti-Armenia/