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Dec 22 2011
'Position of Azerbaijan in Karabakh conflict meets position of world community'
Fri 23 December 2011 10:18 GMT | 12:18 Local Time
The document of the US Congress on foreign assistance for 2012 for the
first time calls for assistance to conflict parties in relation to
Nagorno Karabakh.
The statement came from spokesman for the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry
Elman Abdullayev.
`Azerbaijanis, who because refugees and displaced persons are the
direct victims of this conflict and victims of ethnic cleansing held
by the Armenian leadership against the Azerbaijani population', he
said.
According to Abdullayev, it proves that the position of Azerbaijan in
the resolution of the Karabakh conflict meets the position of the
world community, here the US position.
On Wednesday the Senate and House of Representatives of the US
Congress approved a document on allocation of financial aid to foreign
states for 2012.
The aid to Armenia was set at $40m and to Azerbaijan at $16.6m as a
result. Meanwhile, the US lawmakers urged the sides for the peaceful
settlement of the conflict and urged the White house to parity in
provision of military assistance to the conflict parties-Armenia and
Azerbaijan'.
The amount allocated to the separatist regime of Nagorno Karabakh is
not fixed in the document. It was only noted that it will be provided
`on the levels, corresponding to previous years'.
The level of mutual expenses of the United States for assistance to
Nagorno Karabakh made about $2m.
Another part of the document speaks of the support to trust building measures.
Abdullayev noted that Azerbaijan's stance in this issue has always
aimed to support such measures and establish intercommunity dialogue
between Azerbaijani and Armenian communities of the Nagorno Karabakh
region of Azerbaijan.
`The intercommunication dialogue is a natural component of the trust
building measures. However, the occupation of Azerbaijani lands and
presence of Armenian soldiers there make it impossible to carry out
any measures to raise trust in these areas', he said. In fact it is
impossible to carry out trust building measures under pressure'.
The process cannot proceed without withdrawal of Armenian troops from
the occupied lands, Abdullayev said.
Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict over Nagorno Karabakh remains unsettled
for already 20 years. Mediation efforts of the Minsk Group co-chairs
are also ineffective.
Four resolutions of the UN Security Council on liberation of the
Karabakh region and adjacent areas are still not fulfilled by Armenia.
As a result, 20% of Azerbaijani lands are still under occupation by
the Armenian armed forces.
News.Az
Dec 22 2011
'Position of Azerbaijan in Karabakh conflict meets position of world community'
Fri 23 December 2011 10:18 GMT | 12:18 Local Time
The document of the US Congress on foreign assistance for 2012 for the
first time calls for assistance to conflict parties in relation to
Nagorno Karabakh.
The statement came from spokesman for the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry
Elman Abdullayev.
`Azerbaijanis, who because refugees and displaced persons are the
direct victims of this conflict and victims of ethnic cleansing held
by the Armenian leadership against the Azerbaijani population', he
said.
According to Abdullayev, it proves that the position of Azerbaijan in
the resolution of the Karabakh conflict meets the position of the
world community, here the US position.
On Wednesday the Senate and House of Representatives of the US
Congress approved a document on allocation of financial aid to foreign
states for 2012.
The aid to Armenia was set at $40m and to Azerbaijan at $16.6m as a
result. Meanwhile, the US lawmakers urged the sides for the peaceful
settlement of the conflict and urged the White house to parity in
provision of military assistance to the conflict parties-Armenia and
Azerbaijan'.
The amount allocated to the separatist regime of Nagorno Karabakh is
not fixed in the document. It was only noted that it will be provided
`on the levels, corresponding to previous years'.
The level of mutual expenses of the United States for assistance to
Nagorno Karabakh made about $2m.
Another part of the document speaks of the support to trust building measures.
Abdullayev noted that Azerbaijan's stance in this issue has always
aimed to support such measures and establish intercommunity dialogue
between Azerbaijani and Armenian communities of the Nagorno Karabakh
region of Azerbaijan.
`The intercommunication dialogue is a natural component of the trust
building measures. However, the occupation of Azerbaijani lands and
presence of Armenian soldiers there make it impossible to carry out
any measures to raise trust in these areas', he said. In fact it is
impossible to carry out trust building measures under pressure'.
The process cannot proceed without withdrawal of Armenian troops from
the occupied lands, Abdullayev said.
Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict over Nagorno Karabakh remains unsettled
for already 20 years. Mediation efforts of the Minsk Group co-chairs
are also ineffective.
Four resolutions of the UN Security Council on liberation of the
Karabakh region and adjacent areas are still not fulfilled by Armenia.
As a result, 20% of Azerbaijani lands are still under occupation by
the Armenian armed forces.
News.Az