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  • BAKU: Karabakh Conflict On UN Agenda A 'Diplomatic Success'

    KARABAKH CONFLICT ON UN AGENDA A 'DIPLOMATIC SUCCESS'

    news.az
    Sept 20 2011
    Azerbaijan

    An Azerbaijani commentator has welcomed the inclusion of a resolution
    on the occupied territories of Azerbaijan on the UN General Assembly
    agenda.

    Fikrat Sadikhov told Gun.Az that the inclusion of the item on the
    agenda of the forthcoming 66th UN General Assembly was an achievement.

    He noted that the international mediators seeking a resolution to the
    Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh had not wanted
    Azerbaijan to submit the resolution.

    "Many countries, Armenia in particular, wanted to prevent this issue
    from being brought up for discussion. Even the OSCE Minsk Group
    co-chairs were putting pressure on Azerbaijan in this regard, but we
    achieved our goal," Sadikhov said.

    The resolution will consolidate a legal framework on a fair settlement
    of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, he continued.

    "This means another document in favour of Azerbaijan. The vote will
    involve around 200 countries and of course most countries will vote
    for the resolution," the commentator said.

    Azerbaijan submitted a resolution on the situation in its occupied
    territories for discussion at the UN General Assembly last year, but
    withdrew the resolution, pending the outcome of an OSCE-led field
    assessment mission to Karabakh and the surrounding districts. The
    mission took place in October and made public its findings in March.

    The mission concluded: "The harsh reality of the situation in the
    territories has reinforced the view of the co-chairs that the status
    quo is unacceptable, and that only a peaceful, negotiated settlement
    can bring the prospect of a better, more certain future to the people
    who used to live in the territories and those who live there now."

    In 1993, the UN Security Council passed four resolutions calling for
    the withdrawal of Armenian troops from Azerbaijan, but none of the
    resolutions have been implemented.

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