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July 23 2010
Azerbaijani FM: Kosovo not Nagorno Karabakh
23.07.2010 15:58
Azerbaijan, Baku, July 23 / Trend E. Tariverdiyeva /
The Kosovo conflict is unique, as are all conflicts, Azerbaijani
Foreign Ministry spokesman Elkhan Polukhov told Trend today. There is
no one answer or method for settling such conflicts.
"Azerbaijan recognized and continues to recognize Serbia's territorial
integrity," he said.
In regards to an advisory opinion on Kosovo announced yesterday by the
U.N. International Court, Polukhov said that the statement concerns
Kosovo alone.
The settlement of the Armenian-Azerbaijani Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
is taking place under an OSCE mandate within the Minsk Group.
Azerbaijan is negotiating the conflict's resolution in this format, he
said.
U.N. International Court Chairman Hisashi Owada read out the advisory
opinion on Kosovo at a public meeting in Hague. He said Kosovo's
declaration of independence in February 2008 did not violate
international law.
The International Court is the U.N.'s principal judicial organ, which
considers disputes between countries and issues advisory opinions on
legal questions at the request of the U.N. Security Council and the
U.N. General Assembly.
The court's advisory opinions have no compulsory power, although they
may have political consequences.
The Albanian authorities in Kosovo unilaterally declared independence
from Serbia Feb. 17, 2008. The country's independence has been
recognized by 69 of 192 U.N. member countries, including the United
States and several EU nations.
Serbia, Russia, China and India have refused to recognize Kosovo's independence.
From: A. Papazian
July 23 2010
Azerbaijani FM: Kosovo not Nagorno Karabakh
23.07.2010 15:58
Azerbaijan, Baku, July 23 / Trend E. Tariverdiyeva /
The Kosovo conflict is unique, as are all conflicts, Azerbaijani
Foreign Ministry spokesman Elkhan Polukhov told Trend today. There is
no one answer or method for settling such conflicts.
"Azerbaijan recognized and continues to recognize Serbia's territorial
integrity," he said.
In regards to an advisory opinion on Kosovo announced yesterday by the
U.N. International Court, Polukhov said that the statement concerns
Kosovo alone.
The settlement of the Armenian-Azerbaijani Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
is taking place under an OSCE mandate within the Minsk Group.
Azerbaijan is negotiating the conflict's resolution in this format, he
said.
U.N. International Court Chairman Hisashi Owada read out the advisory
opinion on Kosovo at a public meeting in Hague. He said Kosovo's
declaration of independence in February 2008 did not violate
international law.
The International Court is the U.N.'s principal judicial organ, which
considers disputes between countries and issues advisory opinions on
legal questions at the request of the U.N. Security Council and the
U.N. General Assembly.
The court's advisory opinions have no compulsory power, although they
may have political consequences.
The Albanian authorities in Kosovo unilaterally declared independence
from Serbia Feb. 17, 2008. The country's independence has been
recognized by 69 of 192 U.N. member countries, including the United
States and several EU nations.
Serbia, Russia, China and India have refused to recognize Kosovo's independence.
From: A. Papazian