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AZERBAIJAN URGES EU AND EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT TO AVOID "DOUBLE STANDARDS" IN NAGORNO-KARABAKH CONFLICT
Trend
Feb 10 2012
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan urged the EU and the European Parliament to take a position
based on the norms and principles of international law and to avoid
"double standards" in the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict, Azerbaijani
Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov said at a conference "EU-Azerbaijan:
new horizons for the partnership" organized by the European People's
Party in Brussels.
Azerbaijani Foreign Minister appreciated the resolution on the
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict adopted in the European Parliament in 2010.
According to the resolution, the world public was informed about the
importance of the Armenian forces' withdrawal from the Azerbaijani
occupied territories and thousands of Azerbaijani internally displaced
persons' return home.
Minister expressed confidence that this document will not be the last
one among similar documents, the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry said.
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 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
Azerbaijan urged the EU and the European Parliament to take a position
based on the norms and principles of international law and to avoid
"double standards" in the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict, Azerbaijani
Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov said at a conference "EU-Azerbaijan:
new horizons for the partnership" organized by the European People's
Party in Brussels.
Azerbaijani Foreign Minister appreciated the resolution on the
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict adopted in the European Parliament in 2010.
According to the resolution, the world public was informed about the
importance of the Armenian forces' withdrawal from the Azerbaijani
occupied territories and thousands of Azerbaijani internally displaced
persons' return home.
Minister expressed confidence that this document will not be the last
one among similar documents, the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry said.
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 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.