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AZERBAIJAN EXPRESSES OFFICIAL PROTEST AGAINST ARMENIA'S ENTRANCE INTO CUSTOMS UNION
Trend, Azerbaijan
Dec 27 2013
Baku, Azerbaijan, Dec. 27
By Elchin Mehdiyev - Trend:
Azerbaijan expresses an official protest against Armenia's entrance
into the Customs Union as long as this country does not withdraw its
armed forces from Azerbaijan's occupied territories and as long as
Azerbaijan's territorial integrity is not restored, head of Department
of Public and Political Issues of Presidential Administration of
Azerbaijan, Ali Hasanov told Trend on Dec. 27.
Hasanov said since Armenia has occupied Azerbaijan's Nagorno-Karabakh
region and seven surrounding districts, its entrance into any union
or association is contrary to the principles of international law.
"It is well known that the fact of occupation of Azerbaijani
territories by Armenia is noted in corresponding resolutions and
decisions of the UN, OSCE and other international organizations, and
the demand for liberating the territories occupied by this aggressor
country has been put forward," Hasanov said. "Therefore, Armenia's
entrance into the Customs Union or other similar structure is only
possible after liberation of Azerbaijan's occupied lands."
Hasanov went on to add that when Armenia joins a particular union, the
country's territory and borders contradict international jurisdiction,
due to violation of Azerbaijan's territorial integrity.
"This state should either officially declare its claims for occupied
territories, and the structures that Armenia wants to enter should
accept that, or it should return these lands and become member of
new unions with UN-approved territories," the official underscored.
Trend, Azerbaijan
Dec 27 2013
Baku, Azerbaijan, Dec. 27
By Elchin Mehdiyev - Trend:
Azerbaijan expresses an official protest against Armenia's entrance
into the Customs Union as long as this country does not withdraw its
armed forces from Azerbaijan's occupied territories and as long as
Azerbaijan's territorial integrity is not restored, head of Department
of Public and Political Issues of Presidential Administration of
Azerbaijan, Ali Hasanov told Trend on Dec. 27.
Hasanov said since Armenia has occupied Azerbaijan's Nagorno-Karabakh
region and seven surrounding districts, its entrance into any union
or association is contrary to the principles of international law.
"It is well known that the fact of occupation of Azerbaijani
territories by Armenia is noted in corresponding resolutions and
decisions of the UN, OSCE and other international organizations, and
the demand for liberating the territories occupied by this aggressor
country has been put forward," Hasanov said. "Therefore, Armenia's
entrance into the Customs Union or other similar structure is only
possible after liberation of Azerbaijan's occupied lands."
Hasanov went on to add that when Armenia joins a particular union, the
country's territory and borders contradict international jurisdiction,
due to violation of Azerbaijan's territorial integrity.
"This state should either officially declare its claims for occupied
territories, and the structures that Armenia wants to enter should
accept that, or it should return these lands and become member of
new unions with UN-approved territories," the official underscored.