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Oct 7 2011
Diplomat: Azerbaijan's territories occupied by Armenia become `black hole'
7 October 2011, 13:20 (GMT+05:00) Azerbaijan, Baku, Oct. 7 / Trend ,
G.Dadashova /
Azerbaijani Permanent Representative to the UN Yusuf Mammadaliyev said
Azerbaijan's territories of occupied as a result of armed aggression
by neighboring Armenia had become a "black hole" in the zone of the
application of the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe
(CFE).
Mammadaliyev stated about this at the meeting of the First Committee
of the 66th UN General Assembly on Oct.6.
The international community had lived with and tolerated the situation
in which hundreds of pieces of treaty-limited equipment belonging to
one State party had been illegally deployed in the occupied
territories of Azerbaijan, in gross violation of the CFE Treaty
provisions.
The occupied territories of Azerbaijan provided the occupying Power
with the opportunity to use those areas as repair facilities and,
moreover, to transfer and hide treaty-limited equipment from the
international control regimes, he said.
"Azerbaijan , as a country suffering from the scourge of war and
situate in proximity to other conflicts affecting the region, was
fully committed to and making sustained efforts for maintaining
international peace, security and stability, including through
contributing to peacekeeping and peace building efforts," he said.
However, he said, success in counteracting the illegal proliferation
and storage of those weapons in the South Caucasus was only possible
through the creation of a stable and secure region, respect for
international law, abandonment of territorial claims towards
neighboring nations and discontinuation of support to separatists and
terrorists.
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
Diplomat: Azerbaijan's territories occupied by Armenia become `black hole'
7 October 2011, 13:20 (GMT+05:00) Azerbaijan, Baku, Oct. 7 / Trend ,
G.Dadashova /
Azerbaijani Permanent Representative to the UN Yusuf Mammadaliyev said
Azerbaijan's territories of occupied as a result of armed aggression
by neighboring Armenia had become a "black hole" in the zone of the
application of the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe
(CFE).
Mammadaliyev stated about this at the meeting of the First Committee
of the 66th UN General Assembly on Oct.6.
The international community had lived with and tolerated the situation
in which hundreds of pieces of treaty-limited equipment belonging to
one State party had been illegally deployed in the occupied
territories of Azerbaijan, in gross violation of the CFE Treaty
provisions.
The occupied territories of Azerbaijan provided the occupying Power
with the opportunity to use those areas as repair facilities and,
moreover, to transfer and hide treaty-limited equipment from the
international control regimes, he said.
"Azerbaijan , as a country suffering from the scourge of war and
situate in proximity to other conflicts affecting the region, was
fully committed to and making sustained efforts for maintaining
international peace, security and stability, including through
contributing to peacekeeping and peace building efforts," he said.
However, he said, success in counteracting the illegal proliferation
and storage of those weapons in the South Caucasus was only possible
through the creation of a stable and secure region, respect for
international law, abandonment of territorial claims towards
neighboring nations and discontinuation of support to separatists and
terrorists.
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.