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OCCUPATION OF NAGORNO-KARABAKH PREVENTS ORGANIZING POSTAL SERVICES IN THIS REGION OF AZERBAIJAN
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Sept 15 2011
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan will not act as a transit country for the delivery of postal
items to Armenia unless it withdraws from the occupied territories of
Nagorno-Karabakh and surrounding areas, head of postal department of
Communications and Information Technologies Ministry of Azerbaijan,
Chairman of the postal commission of the Regional Commonwealth in
the field of Communications Novruz Mammadov told Trend.
According to Mammadov, Azerbaijan undertakes to deliver postal items
to all countries that are members of the Universal Postal Union (UPU),
while also ensuring the transit through its territory, except postal
items addressed to Armenia.
"We strictly fulfill acts within the Universal Postal Union with
regards to this issue. The exception is postal delivery or transit
through the territory of Azerbaijan to Armenia unless Armenia withdraws
from the occupied territories," said Mammadov.
With regards to delivery of postal items to Nagorno-Karabakh and
surrounding areas, it is also impossible because of the fact that
these territories are under occupation.
"When we receive postal items addressed to Armenian-occupied
Nagorno-Karabakh and other surrounding areas, they are sent back,
indicating that these territories are not available for sending,"
said Mammadov.
Earlier, postal items to Nagorno-Karabakh and surrounding areas were
sent through railway via Baku-Yerevan and Baku-Khankendi routes.
Currently, postal items to low-lying part of Karabakh - Horadiz and
Agdam - are sent by cars.
After the liberation of territories occupied by Armenia, postal items
will be delivered from Horadiz to Zengilan, Gubadli, and from Aghdam
to Khankendi and onward to Shusha.
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.
From: Baghdasarian
Trend
Sept 15 2011
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan will not act as a transit country for the delivery of postal
items to Armenia unless it withdraws from the occupied territories of
Nagorno-Karabakh and surrounding areas, head of postal department of
Communications and Information Technologies Ministry of Azerbaijan,
Chairman of the postal commission of the Regional Commonwealth in
the field of Communications Novruz Mammadov told Trend.
According to Mammadov, Azerbaijan undertakes to deliver postal items
to all countries that are members of the Universal Postal Union (UPU),
while also ensuring the transit through its territory, except postal
items addressed to Armenia.
"We strictly fulfill acts within the Universal Postal Union with
regards to this issue. The exception is postal delivery or transit
through the territory of Azerbaijan to Armenia unless Armenia withdraws
from the occupied territories," said Mammadov.
With regards to delivery of postal items to Nagorno-Karabakh and
surrounding areas, it is also impossible because of the fact that
these territories are under occupation.
"When we receive postal items addressed to Armenian-occupied
Nagorno-Karabakh and other surrounding areas, they are sent back,
indicating that these territories are not available for sending,"
said Mammadov.
Earlier, postal items to Nagorno-Karabakh and surrounding areas were
sent through railway via Baku-Yerevan and Baku-Khankendi routes.
Currently, postal items to low-lying part of Karabakh - Horadiz and
Agdam - are sent by cars.
After the liberation of territories occupied by Armenia, postal items
will be delivered from Horadiz to Zengilan, Gubadli, and from Aghdam
to Khankendi and onward to Shusha.
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.
From: Baghdasarian