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AZERBAIJANI MP CALLED ON COUNCIL OF EUROPE TO LAUNCH MECHANISMS OF INFLUENCE ON ARMENIA
Trend
April 23 2012
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijani MP called on the Council of Europe to launch the mechanisms
of influence on Armenia to restore the rights of Azerbaijani refugees
and IDPs.
This opinion was expressed on the first working day of the spring
session of PACE by the member of Azerbaijani delegation in the
organization Ganira Pashayeva to the chairman of the Committee of
Ministers, Minister of Great Britain for European Affairs David
Lidington.
MP Ganira Pashayeva asked a question related to the occupation of
Shusha and Lachin by Armenians 20 years ago.
Pashayeva noted in her question that in a few days will be the
20th anniversary of the Armenian occupation of Azerbaijani towns of
Shusha and Lachin. "For 20 years, Armenians do not allow thousands of
Azerbaijanis to return to their native lands. Why does not the Council
of Europe launch the mechanisms of pressure and influence on official
Yerevan to make Armenians leave Azerbaijan's occupied lands and let
thousands of Azerbaijani refugees and IDPs return to their homes?",
she asked.
Lidington answered that the quicker the ways for the resolution of
the conflict will be found the quicker the difficulties of IDPs and
refugees will end.
According to Lidington, refugees and internally displaced persons have
the right to return to their homes. The Council of Europe doesn't
have the same authority as the OSCE Minsk Group with regard to the
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
Lidington believes that officials of the both countries should withdraw
from the harsh statements and improve their efforts to find ways to
resolve the conflict within the Minsk Group.
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
April 23 2012
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijani MP called on the Council of Europe to launch the mechanisms
of influence on Armenia to restore the rights of Azerbaijani refugees
and IDPs.
This opinion was expressed on the first working day of the spring
session of PACE by the member of Azerbaijani delegation in the
organization Ganira Pashayeva to the chairman of the Committee of
Ministers, Minister of Great Britain for European Affairs David
Lidington.
MP Ganira Pashayeva asked a question related to the occupation of
Shusha and Lachin by Armenians 20 years ago.
Pashayeva noted in her question that in a few days will be the
20th anniversary of the Armenian occupation of Azerbaijani towns of
Shusha and Lachin. "For 20 years, Armenians do not allow thousands of
Azerbaijanis to return to their native lands. Why does not the Council
of Europe launch the mechanisms of pressure and influence on official
Yerevan to make Armenians leave Azerbaijan's occupied lands and let
thousands of Azerbaijani refugees and IDPs return to their homes?",
she asked.
Lidington answered that the quicker the ways for the resolution of
the conflict will be found the quicker the difficulties of IDPs and
refugees will end.
According to Lidington, refugees and internally displaced persons have
the right to return to their homes. The Council of Europe doesn't
have the same authority as the OSCE Minsk Group with regard to the
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
Lidington believes that officials of the both countries should withdraw
from the harsh statements and improve their efforts to find ways to
resolve the conflict within the Minsk Group.
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.