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AZERBAIJAN COMMITTED TO RESOLVE CONFLICT WITH ARMENIA THROUGH NEGOTIATIONS
Trend
Feb 10 2012
Azerbaijan
Baku remains committed to resolve the conflict between Armenia and
Azerbaijan through negotiations, despite the fact that mediation
efforts over 20 years were not always consistent and as yet not
produced any results, the Azerbaijani Permanent Representative to
the UN Agshin Mehdiyev said, ITAR-TASS reported.
He was speaking at a meeting of the UN Security Council in connection
with the briefing of the OSCE Chairman, deputy Prime Minister and
Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade of Ireland Eamon Gilmore.
Mr Mehdiyev said that Baku takes into account that the formula for a
settlement is on the basis of the on-going political process. It is
based on the termination of the illegal occupation of our territories,
restoring sovereignty and Azerbaijan's territorial integrity, refugees
can return home and ensuring a peaceful coexistence of Azerbaijanis
and Armenians in the Nagorno-Karabakh region within Azerbaijan.
The Azerbaijani ambassador strongly opposed the lack of consent on
political issues to be used as a reason to disrespect and disregard
international law, particularly international humanitarian law and
the international law on human rights. Thus, the on-going continuing
illegal activity in the Azerbaijani occupied territories, especially
the one which aims to change the demographic, social and cultural
character, certainly serves to further perpetuate the current status
quo of occupation.
Azerbaijani Permanent Representative to the UN expressed hope
that the OSCE chairman will insist on the need to immediately and
unconditionally stop all the actions that create serious obstacles to
the prospects of the conflict settlement on the basis of international
law.
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 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
Feb 10 2012
Azerbaijan
Baku remains committed to resolve the conflict between Armenia and
Azerbaijan through negotiations, despite the fact that mediation
efforts over 20 years were not always consistent and as yet not
produced any results, the Azerbaijani Permanent Representative to
the UN Agshin Mehdiyev said, ITAR-TASS reported.
He was speaking at a meeting of the UN Security Council in connection
with the briefing of the OSCE Chairman, deputy Prime Minister and
Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade of Ireland Eamon Gilmore.
Mr Mehdiyev said that Baku takes into account that the formula for a
settlement is on the basis of the on-going political process. It is
based on the termination of the illegal occupation of our territories,
restoring sovereignty and Azerbaijan's territorial integrity, refugees
can return home and ensuring a peaceful coexistence of Azerbaijanis
and Armenians in the Nagorno-Karabakh region within Azerbaijan.
The Azerbaijani ambassador strongly opposed the lack of consent on
political issues to be used as a reason to disrespect and disregard
international law, particularly international humanitarian law and
the international law on human rights. Thus, the on-going continuing
illegal activity in the Azerbaijani occupied territories, especially
the one which aims to change the demographic, social and cultural
character, certainly serves to further perpetuate the current status
quo of occupation.
Azerbaijani Permanent Representative to the UN expressed hope
that the OSCE chairman will insist on the need to immediately and
unconditionally stop all the actions that create serious obstacles to
the prospects of the conflict settlement on the basis of international
law.
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 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.