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  • BAKU: FM draws NAM's attention to importance of resolving NK conflic

    Trend, Azerbaijan
    May 26 2011


    Azerbaijani FM draws NAM's attention to importance of resolving
    Nagorno-Karabakh conflict

    BY: S. Agayeva, Trend News Agency, Baku, Azerbaijan



    May 26--BAKU, Azerbaijan -- Azerbaijani Foreign Minister drew
    attention of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) to the importance of
    resolving the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict on the basis of international
    legal norms, sovereignty and territorial integrity of Azerbaijan.

    Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov said this at the 16th
    Ministerial Conference of NAM in Bali (Indonesia). The Bali
    Declaration is expected to be adopted as a result of the conference.
    It will also reflect the importance of resolving the conflicts
    peacefully, the foreign ministry said.

    Azerbaijani Foreign Minister drew attention of the participants to the
    main problem of the country -- the Armenian-Azerbaijani
    Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, the problem of nearly 1 million refugees
    and internally displaced people driven away from their native lands as
    a result of Armenian aggression against Azerbaijan.

    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 region and the
    occupied territories.

    The Ministerial Conference of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) is held
    in Bali, Indonesia on May 23-27. Azerbaijan joined it.

    Azerbaijani Foreign Minister held bilateral meetings within the
    participation in the conference.

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