AZG Armenian Daily #151, 22/08/2008
PRESIDENT OF ARMENIA COMMENTING ON RECENT EVENTS IN SOUTH OSSETIA
President of Armenia Serge Sakisian on his meeting with the Defense Ministers and the Secretary General of CSTO stated that issues of national self-determination must be solved on the basis of people's free will,
"Today, we are strongly concerned over the crisis in South Ossetia. This is a humanitarian disaster, which needs to be overcome quickly. In these circumstances, we welcome the joint initiative of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and French President Nicolas Sarkozy - the six-step plan of how overcoming the present situation and to attain long-term peaceful resolution," the Armenian President said.
Mr. Sarkisian added that the tragic events in South Ossetia had shown that such conflicts, if not solved according to the free will of the nations, result in ethnic separatism and violation of the international humanitarian law.
"We have repeatedly pointed to the dangers of the unprecedented efforts of some countries of the region to build up their military capacities in an attempt to solve the existing conflicts," Sargsian said.
Armenia is ready to provide its territory as a humanitarian corridor. "We are also ready to provide humanitarian assistance," Serge Sarkisian stated said.
AZG Armenian Daily #151, 22/08/2008
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