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AZERBAIJANI FM: ARMENIA IS ENGAGED IN DEMAGOGY, MOVING AWAY FROM CONCRETE ANSWER
Trend Daily News (Azerbaijan)
July 14, 2011 Thursday 10:15 PM GMT +4
Armenian foreign minister, once again distorting the facts and phrases,
is trying to talk sporadically about these or other postulates of
international law, while completely forgets that the reference to the
UN Charter is suitable only for the colonies, while Nagorno-Karabakh
has never had the status of colony, Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry
spokesman Elkhan Polukhov told Trend.
"Unfortunately, we must note that in response to a clear and
precise position of Azerbaijan, both in terms of the settlement of
Armenian-Azerbaijani Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and the efforts of
the OSCE Minsk Group to find a formula for resolving this conflict,
Armenia is engaged in empty demagogy, going away from concrete answers
to concrete questions," said Polukhov, commenting on recent statements
by Armenian foreign minister Edward Nalbandian.
According to Polukhov, if the Armenian foreign minister states that his
country accepts the proposal of the co-chairs, it supposes accepting
exactly expressed proposals of updated Madrid principles.
A simple logic says that the next step should be to work on legally
binding peace agreement, which will lead to achieving peace, Polukhov
said. However, we do not see the readiness of Yerevan to do it.
"As for the absurdity of the idea "internationally recognized interim
status of Nagorno-Karabakh", the international community accepts and
recognizes only finalized and adopted status, but is not juggling
with words like the Armenian foreign minister," he said.
Also, the interim status, which Nagorno-Karabakh receives, can not
be approved without the consent of Azerbaijan, which means that
Nagorno-Karabakh was, is and will be part of Azerbaijan, said Polukhov.
"I advise Nalbandian to look for other refers to soothe his own
audience, because deceiving his people, he and all the Armenian
authorities are playing against their country's future," said Polukhov.
He also advised the foreign minister of Armenia to make a handbook
the Helsinki Final Act, which clearly tells about the inadmissibility
of applying the right to self-determination to the detriment of the
territorial integrity of sovereign states, and read it before each
of his statements.
On Thursday, Nalbandian stated that the call of the Azerbaijani side
to immediately sign a peace agreement on Nagorno-Karabakh without
the coordination of the basic principles means failure of the entire
negotiation process.
Most recently, the Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov
called on Armenia to approve without delay the document, which spelled
out a peaceful solution to the Nagorno-Karabakh question.
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 Daily News (Azerbaijan)
July 14, 2011 Thursday 10:15 PM GMT +4
Armenian foreign minister, once again distorting the facts and phrases,
is trying to talk sporadically about these or other postulates of
international law, while completely forgets that the reference to the
UN Charter is suitable only for the colonies, while Nagorno-Karabakh
has never had the status of colony, Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry
spokesman Elkhan Polukhov told Trend.
"Unfortunately, we must note that in response to a clear and
precise position of Azerbaijan, both in terms of the settlement of
Armenian-Azerbaijani Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and the efforts of
the OSCE Minsk Group to find a formula for resolving this conflict,
Armenia is engaged in empty demagogy, going away from concrete answers
to concrete questions," said Polukhov, commenting on recent statements
by Armenian foreign minister Edward Nalbandian.
According to Polukhov, if the Armenian foreign minister states that his
country accepts the proposal of the co-chairs, it supposes accepting
exactly expressed proposals of updated Madrid principles.
A simple logic says that the next step should be to work on legally
binding peace agreement, which will lead to achieving peace, Polukhov
said. However, we do not see the readiness of Yerevan to do it.
"As for the absurdity of the idea "internationally recognized interim
status of Nagorno-Karabakh", the international community accepts and
recognizes only finalized and adopted status, but is not juggling
with words like the Armenian foreign minister," he said.
Also, the interim status, which Nagorno-Karabakh receives, can not
be approved without the consent of Azerbaijan, which means that
Nagorno-Karabakh was, is and will be part of Azerbaijan, said Polukhov.
"I advise Nalbandian to look for other refers to soothe his own
audience, because deceiving his people, he and all the Armenian
authorities are playing against their country's future," said Polukhov.
He also advised the foreign minister of Armenia to make a handbook
the Helsinki Final Act, which clearly tells about the inadmissibility
of applying the right to self-determination to the detriment of the
territorial integrity of sovereign states, and read it before each
of his statements.
On Thursday, Nalbandian stated that the call of the Azerbaijani side
to immediately sign a peace agreement on Nagorno-Karabakh without
the coordination of the basic principles means failure of the entire
negotiation process.
Most recently, the Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov
called on Armenia to approve without delay the document, which spelled
out a peaceful solution to the Nagorno-Karabakh question.
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.