ARMENIAN MFA AGAINST EXCESSIVE POLITICIZATION OF ISSUE OF CRITIC ADDRESSED TO OSCE

Independently of the critical statements addressed to the OSCE during the informal CIS summit, the Armenian delegation has many times raised the question of the necessity of reforming the organization, Armenian MFA press secretary Hamlet Gasparian stated when commenting to Liberty on the attitude of a number of local public organization towards the inadvisability of Armenia’s joining to the statement of nine countries regarding the situation in the OSCE. In the spokesman’s opinion, Yerevan highlights the role of the OSCE in providing security, settlement of conflicts, development of economy as well as the protection of Human Rights. “That is why we are interested in normal functioning of the organization, where the member-states will have equal rights and full participation in decision making”, he said. At the same time H. Gasparian spoke against excessive politicization of this issue.