Indonesia backs imposing sanctions on Armenia
The Indonesian parliament intends to call on the country’s government to impose political and economic sanctions on Armenia, said Hidayat Nur Wahid, Deputy Chairman of the People's Consultative Assembly (parliament) of Indonesia .
He made the remarks during a meeting with Tamerlan Garayev,
Azerbaijani ambassador to Indonesia, the Azerbaijani embassy in
Indonesia told Trend.
Garayev expressed dissatisfaction of the Azerbaijani side with
the opening of Armenian embassy in Jakarta despite the statement of
Marzuki Alie, Former Chairman of the House of Representatives of
Indonesian parliament that as long as Armenia keeps Azerbaijani
territories under occupation, the country’s parliament will not
allow to open an embassy in Yerevan or Jakarta.
The envoy also reminded the resolutions of the Council of Foreign
Ministers of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) about
imposing serious sanctions on Armenia, that still keeps the
Azerbaijani territories under occupation.
Moreover, the diplomat reminded the resolution adopted by OIC
Parliamentary Union in 2012 on recognition of Khojaly genocide. The
document was adopted during the meeting of the Parliamentary Union
in Indonesia’s Palembang city.
Hidayat Nur Wahid, for his part, said that he is familiar with
these resolutions and will make every effort to achieve the
recognition of the Khojaly genocide by Indonesian parliament and
imposition of sanctions on Armenia.
The conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia began in 1988 when
Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. As a result of
the ensuing war, in 1992 Armenian armed forces occupied 20 percent
of Azerbaijan, including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and seven
surrounding districts.
The two countries signed a ceasefire agreement in 1994. The
co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group, Russia, France and the U.S. are
currently holding peace negotiations. Armenia has not yet
implemented the U.N. Security Council's four resolutions on the
liberation of the Nagorno-Karabakh and the surrounding regions.
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