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AZERBAIJANI RULING PARTY: MAJOR CHANGES NEEDED IN OSCE MINSK GROUP FORMAT
arminfo
Tuesday, October 30, 13:04
A fair way to resolve the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict must be found,
executive secretary of the ruling Yeni Azerbaijan Party (YAP) Ali
Ahmedov said, Trend reports.
"The purpose of negotiations within the Minsk Group is the practical
help to resolve the conflict. The conflict hasn't been resolved
for more than 20 years, and if some structure can not fulfill its
obligations for 20 years, then I believe that we need to make serious
changes to the format of the Minsk Group," Ahmedov said. He noted
that Azerbaijan supports peaceful settlement of the conflict.
"Is it possible to believe that the negotiations will give results if
there is no progress during the 20 years of the conflict? To believe
this, one has to be optimistic. I think that the people of Azerbaijan
are no longer optimistic. A just way to resolve the conflict and to
end the suffering of hundreds of thousands of people should be found,"
Ahmedov said.
The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict broke out on February 28 1988 in the
Azerbaijani Sumgait with massacre of Armenians as a peculiar response
of Azerbaijanis to the peaceful demand of the Nagorno-Karabakh
autonomous Region, part of the Azerbaijani SSR, to unite with the
Armenian SSR. This resulted in other pogroms of Armenians in Baku,
Kirovabad and other regions of Azerbaijan populated with Armenians. In
1991 Azerbaijan unleashed war against peaceful populations of
Nagorno-Karabakh, expulsing ethnic Armenians from the territory of
Azerbaijan. Dozens of thousands of peaceful residents on both parties
were killed in the military actions, and hundreds of thousands were
left homeless and have become refugees. In 1994 in Bishkek in mediation
of the OSCE MG, the NKR, Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a Protocol on
Ceasefire that is observed more or less so far. Since 1992 the OSCE
Minsk Group represented by co- chairs from Russia, U.S. and France has
been mediating in resolution of the conflict unleashed by Azerbaijan
in 1988. At present the peace process is based on the Madrid Principles
suggested by the OSCE MG in 2007 in Madrid and renovated in 2009.
From: A. Papazian
arminfo
Tuesday, October 30, 13:04
A fair way to resolve the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict must be found,
executive secretary of the ruling Yeni Azerbaijan Party (YAP) Ali
Ahmedov said, Trend reports.
"The purpose of negotiations within the Minsk Group is the practical
help to resolve the conflict. The conflict hasn't been resolved
for more than 20 years, and if some structure can not fulfill its
obligations for 20 years, then I believe that we need to make serious
changes to the format of the Minsk Group," Ahmedov said. He noted
that Azerbaijan supports peaceful settlement of the conflict.
"Is it possible to believe that the negotiations will give results if
there is no progress during the 20 years of the conflict? To believe
this, one has to be optimistic. I think that the people of Azerbaijan
are no longer optimistic. A just way to resolve the conflict and to
end the suffering of hundreds of thousands of people should be found,"
Ahmedov said.
The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict broke out on February 28 1988 in the
Azerbaijani Sumgait with massacre of Armenians as a peculiar response
of Azerbaijanis to the peaceful demand of the Nagorno-Karabakh
autonomous Region, part of the Azerbaijani SSR, to unite with the
Armenian SSR. This resulted in other pogroms of Armenians in Baku,
Kirovabad and other regions of Azerbaijan populated with Armenians. In
1991 Azerbaijan unleashed war against peaceful populations of
Nagorno-Karabakh, expulsing ethnic Armenians from the territory of
Azerbaijan. Dozens of thousands of peaceful residents on both parties
were killed in the military actions, and hundreds of thousands were
left homeless and have become refugees. In 1994 in Bishkek in mediation
of the OSCE MG, the NKR, Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a Protocol on
Ceasefire that is observed more or less so far. Since 1992 the OSCE
Minsk Group represented by co- chairs from Russia, U.S. and France has
been mediating in resolution of the conflict unleashed by Azerbaijan
in 1988. At present the peace process is based on the Madrid Principles
suggested by the OSCE MG in 2007 in Madrid and renovated in 2009.
From: A. Papazian