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AZERBAIJANI FM: ARMENIAN TROOPS SHOULD WITHDRAW FROM OCCUPIED TERRITORY TO DETERMINE TEMPORARY STATUS OF NAGORNO-KARABAKH
Trend
Sept 2 2011
Azerbaijan
First Secretary of the Foreign Ministry Spokesman Elman Abdullayev
said determining the status of Nagorno-Karabakh is one of the basic
principles of the updated Madrid document.
However, to pass to defining the temporary status of Nagorno-Karabakh
the Armenian armed forces must withdraw from the occupied Azerbaijani
territory, which will definitely have positive impact on the overall
atmosphere in the region.
"It will allow launching work over determination of the status of
Nagorno-Karabakh within the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan,"
Abdullayev told Trend.
During the celebrations of the 20th anniversary of the so-called
'Nagorno-Karabakh Republic' in Khankendi, Armenian President Serzh
Sargsyan said Nagorno-Karabakh cannot in the future have a status
lower than the current status, the Armenian media reported today.
"It is time to move to certain actions and begin work over a peace
agreement, ceasing to engage in populism," Abdullayev said.
"Unfortunately, Armenia lacks constructivism."
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
Sept 2 2011
Azerbaijan
First Secretary of the Foreign Ministry Spokesman Elman Abdullayev
said determining the status of Nagorno-Karabakh is one of the basic
principles of the updated Madrid document.
However, to pass to defining the temporary status of Nagorno-Karabakh
the Armenian armed forces must withdraw from the occupied Azerbaijani
territory, which will definitely have positive impact on the overall
atmosphere in the region.
"It will allow launching work over determination of the status of
Nagorno-Karabakh within the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan,"
Abdullayev told Trend.
During the celebrations of the 20th anniversary of the so-called
'Nagorno-Karabakh Republic' in Khankendi, Armenian President Serzh
Sargsyan said Nagorno-Karabakh cannot in the future have a status
lower than the current status, the Armenian media reported today.
"It is time to move to certain actions and begin work over a peace
agreement, ceasing to engage in populism," Abdullayev said.
"Unfortunately, Armenia lacks constructivism."
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.