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FM: ARMENIA MUST BEGIN WITHDRAWING ITS FORCES FROM AZERBAIJAN'S TERRITORIES FOLLOWING LOGIC OF PRESIDENTS' DEAUVILLE STATEMENT
Trend
May 27 2011
Azerbaijan
Following the Deauville statement of the presidents of the OSCE
MinskGroup co-chairing countries, Armenia must begin withdrawing its
forcesfrom Azerbaijan, the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry said.
It is necessary to make this action to open up the opportunities
forinternally displaced people to return to their houses,
thecommunications to be restored in the region and more predictability
to be created in the region, the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry told
Trend.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, U.S, President Barack Obama
andFrench President Nicolas Sarkozy called on the Armenian
andAzerbaijani leaders to demonstrate political will and to finalize
thebasic principles during the upcoming Armenian-Azerbaijani summit
in June.
The Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry said that in the adopted
statementMedvedev, Obama and Sarkozy consider the status quo in the
existingsituation on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict as unacceptable.
TheAzerbaijani side has also repeatedly stated about this.
"The presidents of three countries refer on the documents
andprinciples. They have been repeatedly discussed . The necessity of
withdrawing the Armenian forces from Azerbaijani territories is raised
in all of them. Consequently, the Armenian side must understand that
the world community does not accept the occupation of Azerbaijani
territories by Armenia, the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry said .
"Azerbaijan's position remains unchanged," the ministry
said."Withdrawing the Armenian armed forces and returning the
internallydisplaced people to their houses will allow us to move to
the nextstep to create favorable conditions for the coexistence of
Armenianand Azerbaijani communities of Nagorno-Karabakh."
The Foreign Ministry regrets that having a clear position of the
international community regarding the withdrawal of Armenian forces
from Azerbaijani territories, Armenia still delays the process
and prevents the peaceful settlement of the Armenian-Azerbaijani
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988when
Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan.
Armenianarmed 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.
Theco-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group - Russia, France, and the U.S. -
arecurrently holding the peace negotiations.
Armenia has not yet implemented the U.N. Security Council's
fourresolutions on the liberation of the Nagorno-Karabakh region and
theoccupied territories.
From: A. Papazian
Trend
May 27 2011
Azerbaijan
Following the Deauville statement of the presidents of the OSCE
MinskGroup co-chairing countries, Armenia must begin withdrawing its
forcesfrom Azerbaijan, the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry said.
It is necessary to make this action to open up the opportunities
forinternally displaced people to return to their houses,
thecommunications to be restored in the region and more predictability
to be created in the region, the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry told
Trend.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, U.S, President Barack Obama
andFrench President Nicolas Sarkozy called on the Armenian
andAzerbaijani leaders to demonstrate political will and to finalize
thebasic principles during the upcoming Armenian-Azerbaijani summit
in June.
The Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry said that in the adopted
statementMedvedev, Obama and Sarkozy consider the status quo in the
existingsituation on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict as unacceptable.
TheAzerbaijani side has also repeatedly stated about this.
"The presidents of three countries refer on the documents
andprinciples. They have been repeatedly discussed . The necessity of
withdrawing the Armenian forces from Azerbaijani territories is raised
in all of them. Consequently, the Armenian side must understand that
the world community does not accept the occupation of Azerbaijani
territories by Armenia, the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry said .
"Azerbaijan's position remains unchanged," the ministry
said."Withdrawing the Armenian armed forces and returning the
internallydisplaced people to their houses will allow us to move to
the nextstep to create favorable conditions for the coexistence of
Armenianand Azerbaijani communities of Nagorno-Karabakh."
The Foreign Ministry regrets that having a clear position of the
international community regarding the withdrawal of Armenian forces
from Azerbaijani territories, Armenia still delays the process
and prevents the peaceful settlement of the Armenian-Azerbaijani
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988when
Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan.
Armenianarmed 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.
Theco-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group - Russia, France, and the U.S. -
arecurrently holding the peace negotiations.
Armenia has not yet implemented the U.N. Security Council's
fourresolutions on the liberation of the Nagorno-Karabakh region and
theoccupied territories.
From: A. Papazian