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Dec 30 2011
Interview- Top official: Azerbaijan to make every effort to eliminate
double standards in Nagorno-Karabakh conflict settlement
30 December 2011, 12:34 (GMT+04:00) Azerbaijan, Baku, Dec. 30 / Trend
M. Aliyev /
Azerbaijan will make every effort to eliminate double standards in the
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict settlement, Azerbaijani Presidential
Administration Social and Political Department Chief Ali Hasanov said
in an interview with Trend.
"The main reason that the Armenian-Azerbaijani Nagorno-Karabakh
conflict lasts more than 20 years, is the indifference of the
international community to Armenia's destructive position," he said.
"Nevertheless, we will try to eliminate the double standard and
indifferent attitude to the international legal norms by using every
opportunity."
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.
"The fair international environment and relations are out of the
question in condition when a microstate and an outpost dictates the
terms to the UN that defines and regulates global politics, does not
recognize the resolutions and other documents and the world community
and the leading countries close their eyes to this in the 21st
century," he said. "Hence, one of the main reasons of delaying the
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict settlement is the UN insipid position and
double standards. For example, the NATO and the leading countries
fulfilled the UN Security Council's resolution on Libya within one
day. But they do not solve the Nagorno-Karabakh issue for many years.
They connive at Armenia, and turn a blind eye to massive bloodshed
perpetrated by the Armenians, the violation of human rights and
terrorism. As a result, it is clear that there is no fair system and a
mechanism to resolve the disputes fairly, to eliminate the problem on
the basis of international legal norms in the modern world. It is
unknown when it will be created."
Hasanov said that at present, as a member of the UN Security Council,
Azerbaijan will regularly include this issue on the agenda. A specific
choice must be made, international legal norms must be fulfilled or
the truth must be recognized, Hasanov said.
Azerbaijan was elected a non-permanent member of the UN Security
Council for 2012-2013.
Dec 30 2011
Interview- Top official: Azerbaijan to make every effort to eliminate
double standards in Nagorno-Karabakh conflict settlement
30 December 2011, 12:34 (GMT+04:00) Azerbaijan, Baku, Dec. 30 / Trend
M. Aliyev /
Azerbaijan will make every effort to eliminate double standards in the
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict settlement, Azerbaijani Presidential
Administration Social and Political Department Chief Ali Hasanov said
in an interview with Trend.
"The main reason that the Armenian-Azerbaijani Nagorno-Karabakh
conflict lasts more than 20 years, is the indifference of the
international community to Armenia's destructive position," he said.
"Nevertheless, we will try to eliminate the double standard and
indifferent attitude to the international legal norms by using every
opportunity."
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.
"The fair international environment and relations are out of the
question in condition when a microstate and an outpost dictates the
terms to the UN that defines and regulates global politics, does not
recognize the resolutions and other documents and the world community
and the leading countries close their eyes to this in the 21st
century," he said. "Hence, one of the main reasons of delaying the
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict settlement is the UN insipid position and
double standards. For example, the NATO and the leading countries
fulfilled the UN Security Council's resolution on Libya within one
day. But they do not solve the Nagorno-Karabakh issue for many years.
They connive at Armenia, and turn a blind eye to massive bloodshed
perpetrated by the Armenians, the violation of human rights and
terrorism. As a result, it is clear that there is no fair system and a
mechanism to resolve the disputes fairly, to eliminate the problem on
the basis of international legal norms in the modern world. It is
unknown when it will be created."
Hasanov said that at present, as a member of the UN Security Council,
Azerbaijan will regularly include this issue on the agenda. A specific
choice must be made, international legal norms must be fulfilled or
the truth must be recognized, Hasanov said.
Azerbaijan was elected a non-permanent member of the UN Security
Council for 2012-2013.