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    RULING PARTY: EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT'S RESOLUTION IS ANOTHER VICTORY OF AZERBAIJANI DIPLOMACY

    Trend
    April 23 2012
    Azerbaijan

    The resolution adopted by the European Parliament, is another victory
    of Azerbaijani diplomacy, executive secretary of the Azerbaijani
    ruling party, MP Mubariz Gurbanli told the official website of the
    ruling "New Azerbaijan" Party today.

    The negotiations are underway to elect Azerbaijan and Armenia as EU
    associate members, he said.

    "The provisions of this resolution on the withdrawal of the Armenian
    armed forces from the occupied territories, including the prohibition
    and restrictions on Armenian troops' entry to the Nagorno-Karabakh amid
    these negotiations are really serious ideological and political blow
    to Armenia," he said. "This is the defeat of the Armenian diplomacy."

    Armenian media outlets are trying to draw a veil over this issue,
    but the fact remains, he said.

    He added that the Azerbaijani diplomacy has once again publicly
    demonstrated superiority over Armenia by this document adopted by
    the European Parliament.

    MP added that this event stresses that Azerbaijan's fair position
    was again supported.

    "I think that this event is a logical result of the policy pursued
    by President Aliyev," he added. "In general, Azerbaijan continues
    demonstrating superiority over Armenia in all spheres. Our superiority
    in the diplomatic sphere is clearly observed in these decisions."

    The EU's active joining the process of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
    settlement can positively affect the resolution of the conflict,
    he added.

    "The organization must take the initiative," he said. "It is necessary
    for the UN Security Council to take the appropriate actions to bring
    the EU to the process."

    He recalled that Azerbaijan will preside over the UN Security Council
    in May.

    "The membership in this organization as a whole is Azerbaijan's major
    achievement," he said. "As Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said, it
    will be once again demonstrated during the presidency that Azerbaijan
    protects justice and international law."

    This will be a great event in the Azerbaijani history, he added.

    Azerbaijan's activity in the UN Security Council as a whole will have
    a positive impact on the Nagorno-Karabakh issue.

    The European Parliament adopted a resolution on EU negotiations on
    an association agreement with Azerbaijan and Armenia which reflects
    the respect for Azerbaijan's territorial integrity. The resolution
    was adopted at a session of the European Parliament in Strasbourg.

    It is noted that an associative agreement with Azerbaijan and
    Armenia will not be signed within the EU Eastern Partnership until the
    Azerbaijani occupied territories are liberated and pass to Azerbaijan's
    control and refugees return to their native land.

    The document also states that the occupation of the territory of
    one state by another is a violation of international principles and
    is contrary to the fundamental principles of the EU Neighbourhood
    Policy and harms Eastern Partnership programme. It also indicated the
    need to investigate the facts on illegal settlements in Azerbaijan's
    occupied territories.

    The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988
    when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Armenian
    armed forces have occupied 20 per cent 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.

    The Eastern Partnership Program is a Polish-Swedish initiative under
    the EU Neighbourhood Policy aimed at improving EU relations with six
    former Soviet countries Azerbaijan, Georgia, Moldova, Belarus, Ukraine
    and Armenia. The programme envisages the allocation of 600 million
    euro to these countries until 2013 to strengthen state institutions,
    control borders and help small companies.

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