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AZERBAIJANI INTELLIGENTSIA DOES NOT PLAN VISIT TO NAGORNO-KARABAKH
Trend
Sept 27 2011
Azerbaijan
The representatives of the Azerbaijani intelligentsia do not plan
to visit Nagorno-Karabakh in the near future, taking into account
the complex situation resulting from Armenian officials' recent
statements, Azerbaijani Ambassador to Russia Polad Bulbuloglu told
the press on Tuesday.
"Armenia is a neighboring country," the ambassador said, "which also
has an intelligentsia. Of course, this conflict will be resolved one
day and we will be forced to live together."
He said that about 30,000 Armenians live in Baku today.
"So it is possible to live together," Bulbuloglu said.
The Azerbaijani side is doing everything possible to resolve the
conflict peacefully; this should be explained to the opposite side
while meeting creative people and the intelligentsia, he said.
Azerbaijani intellectuals repeatedly visited Nagorno Karabakh and
met with Armenian intelligentsia.
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 seven 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 27 2011
Azerbaijan
The representatives of the Azerbaijani intelligentsia do not plan
to visit Nagorno-Karabakh in the near future, taking into account
the complex situation resulting from Armenian officials' recent
statements, Azerbaijani Ambassador to Russia Polad Bulbuloglu told
the press on Tuesday.
"Armenia is a neighboring country," the ambassador said, "which also
has an intelligentsia. Of course, this conflict will be resolved one
day and we will be forced to live together."
He said that about 30,000 Armenians live in Baku today.
"So it is possible to live together," Bulbuloglu said.
The Azerbaijani side is doing everything possible to resolve the
conflict peacefully; this should be explained to the opposite side
while meeting creative people and the intelligentsia, he said.
Azerbaijani intellectuals repeatedly visited Nagorno Karabakh and
met with Armenian intelligentsia.
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 seven 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.