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EMBASSY: SLOVAKIA'S OFFICIAL POSITION ON NAGORNO-KARABAKH IS BASED ON PRINCIPLE OF AZERBAIJAN'S TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY
Trend
Sept 5 2011
Azerbaijan
The Slovak Embassy in Moscow has issued a disclaimer with regards
to information published in the Armenian media on Sept. 1 concerning
congratulations addressed to Nagorno-Karabakh on the 20th anniversary
of "independence" on behalf of the Slovak citizens Jan Charnogursky
and Frantisek Miklosko.
The congratulation is a private initiative of former politicians,
the embassy said in a statement sent to Trend.
"Their positions named in published media reports - "first prime
minister and first chairman of the National Assembly of Slovakia"
- are not true. Jan Charnogursky and Frantisek Miklosko are former
Slovak MPs and politicians who do not participate in intense political
activities in Slovakia and do not hold any positions in the current
Slovak government," the report said.
Slovakia's official position on Nagorno-Karabakh remains unchanged
and is based on the principle of Azerbaijan's territorial integrity
in accordance with the international law and relevant UN resolutions,
said the embassy in Russia.
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 5 2011
Azerbaijan
The Slovak Embassy in Moscow has issued a disclaimer with regards
to information published in the Armenian media on Sept. 1 concerning
congratulations addressed to Nagorno-Karabakh on the 20th anniversary
of "independence" on behalf of the Slovak citizens Jan Charnogursky
and Frantisek Miklosko.
The congratulation is a private initiative of former politicians,
the embassy said in a statement sent to Trend.
"Their positions named in published media reports - "first prime
minister and first chairman of the National Assembly of Slovakia"
- are not true. Jan Charnogursky and Frantisek Miklosko are former
Slovak MPs and politicians who do not participate in intense political
activities in Slovakia and do not hold any positions in the current
Slovak government," the report said.
Slovakia's official position on Nagorno-Karabakh remains unchanged
and is based on the principle of Azerbaijan's territorial integrity
in accordance with the international law and relevant UN resolutions,
said the embassy in Russia.
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.