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FM: NAGORNO-KARABAKH CONFLICT IS ARMENIA'S TERRITORIAL CLAIMS AGAINST AZERBAIJAN
Trend
Nov 29 2011
Azerbaijan
The Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry regarded Armenian President Serzh
Sargsyan's recent statements about character of Nagorno-Karabakh
conflict as 'gratifying and at the same time strange'.
"It is gratifying and at the same time strange to hear such statements
by a person, who has attempted to convince all that "there is no
Christian to the east of us [Armenians]" and that "the Armenians are
allegedly ancient Christian nation in the world", Azerbaijani Foreign
Ministry's spokesman Elman Abdullayev told Trend on Tuesday.
He was commenting on the Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan's statement
that "the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict is not religious in nature".
According to the Armenian media reports, Armenian President Serzh
Sargsyan said on Monday at the CIS Inter-religious Council Presidium
meeting that the Karabakh conflict is not religious in nature and
one cannot allow religious of the two countries - Christianity and
Islam opposed each other.
"One can feel evolution of Mr. Sargsyan's thinking. However, even
without his statements, it is obvious that the Nagorno-Karabakh
conflict is not religious in nature, and it is clear that this
conflict is based on Armenia's territorial claims against Azerbaijan,"
Abdullayev said.
"It is interesting that Sargsyan attempts to look constructive and
tolerant, despite the fact that over these years Armenia has destroyed
Muslim religious and cultural monuments in the occupied Azerbaijani
territories and current Armenia's territories which belonged to the
Azerbaijanis," Abdullayev said.
The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988
when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Armenian
armed forces have occupied 20 percent of Azerbaijan since 1992,
including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and 7 surrounding districts.
Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a ceasefire agreement in 1994. The
co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group - Russia, France, and the U.S. -
are currently holding the 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.
Trend
Nov 29 2011
Azerbaijan
The Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry regarded Armenian President Serzh
Sargsyan's recent statements about character of Nagorno-Karabakh
conflict as 'gratifying and at the same time strange'.
"It is gratifying and at the same time strange to hear such statements
by a person, who has attempted to convince all that "there is no
Christian to the east of us [Armenians]" and that "the Armenians are
allegedly ancient Christian nation in the world", Azerbaijani Foreign
Ministry's spokesman Elman Abdullayev told Trend on Tuesday.
He was commenting on the Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan's statement
that "the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict is not religious in nature".
According to the Armenian media reports, Armenian President Serzh
Sargsyan said on Monday at the CIS Inter-religious Council Presidium
meeting that the Karabakh conflict is not religious in nature and
one cannot allow religious of the two countries - Christianity and
Islam opposed each other.
"One can feel evolution of Mr. Sargsyan's thinking. However, even
without his statements, it is obvious that the Nagorno-Karabakh
conflict is not religious in nature, and it is clear that this
conflict is based on Armenia's territorial claims against Azerbaijan,"
Abdullayev said.
"It is interesting that Sargsyan attempts to look constructive and
tolerant, despite the fact that over these years Armenia has destroyed
Muslim religious and cultural monuments in the occupied Azerbaijani
territories and current Armenia's territories which belonged to the
Azerbaijanis," Abdullayev said.
The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988
when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Armenian
armed forces have occupied 20 percent of Azerbaijan since 1992,
including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and 7 surrounding districts.
Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a ceasefire agreement in 1994. The
co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group - Russia, France, and the U.S. -
are currently holding the 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.