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Oct 7 2011
Top official: French President's visit to S.Caucasus to accelerate
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict settlement
7 October 2011, 13:30 (GMT+05:00) Azerbaijan, Baku, Oct. 7 / Trend K.
Zarbaliyeva /
Azerbaijan believes that the French President's visit to the South
Caucasus will accelerate the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh
conflict.
"We think that the French President's visit to the South Caucasus,
including Azerbaijan, is important," Azerbaijani Presidential
Administration Social and Political Department Chief Ali Hasanov said.
"The importance of the visit, primarily, testifies to the fact that
France is one of the co-chairing countries of the Minsk Group, and the
country, which is directly involved in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
settlement."
He said President Sarkozy's visit to the region, his statements made
in Yerevan, and in particular, the statements about the
unacceptability of maintaining the existing status quo and the
importance of changing it, will make a special contribution to the
future peace processes in South Caucasus.
Replying to journalists' question, Hasanov said Azerbaijan does not
agree with French President Nicolas Sarkozy's statements on the
"Armenian genocide" and opening of the Armenia - Turkey borders.
"Each of these issues is a specific aspect of international politics.
Azerbaijan has always supported Turkey's interests in both processes
taking place in the South Caucasus, as well as in international
affairs. Of course, we do not share the French government's position,
including Sarkozy's statements on the so-called 'Armenian genocide'
and opening of the borders," Hasanov said.
If Turkey does not recognize the "Armenian genocide" by late 2011,
then France will take appropriate actions, Sarkozy has stated during a
visit to the memorial of the so -called Armenian Genocide Victims
under his Yerevan visit .
The French President launched his tour of the South Caucasus on
Thursday. President Sarkozy's is visiting Azerbaijan today.
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.
Oct 7 2011
Top official: French President's visit to S.Caucasus to accelerate
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict settlement
7 October 2011, 13:30 (GMT+05:00) Azerbaijan, Baku, Oct. 7 / Trend K.
Zarbaliyeva /
Azerbaijan believes that the French President's visit to the South
Caucasus will accelerate the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh
conflict.
"We think that the French President's visit to the South Caucasus,
including Azerbaijan, is important," Azerbaijani Presidential
Administration Social and Political Department Chief Ali Hasanov said.
"The importance of the visit, primarily, testifies to the fact that
France is one of the co-chairing countries of the Minsk Group, and the
country, which is directly involved in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
settlement."
He said President Sarkozy's visit to the region, his statements made
in Yerevan, and in particular, the statements about the
unacceptability of maintaining the existing status quo and the
importance of changing it, will make a special contribution to the
future peace processes in South Caucasus.
Replying to journalists' question, Hasanov said Azerbaijan does not
agree with French President Nicolas Sarkozy's statements on the
"Armenian genocide" and opening of the Armenia - Turkey borders.
"Each of these issues is a specific aspect of international politics.
Azerbaijan has always supported Turkey's interests in both processes
taking place in the South Caucasus, as well as in international
affairs. Of course, we do not share the French government's position,
including Sarkozy's statements on the so-called 'Armenian genocide'
and opening of the borders," Hasanov said.
If Turkey does not recognize the "Armenian genocide" by late 2011,
then France will take appropriate actions, Sarkozy has stated during a
visit to the memorial of the so -called Armenian Genocide Victims
under his Yerevan visit .
The French President launched his tour of the South Caucasus on
Thursday. President Sarkozy's is visiting Azerbaijan today.
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.