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BAKU CONDEMNS AUSTRALIAN MPS' VISIT TO OCCUPIED TERRITORIES
By Sara Rajabova
AzerNews, Azerbaijan
22 July 2013, 12:24 (GMT+05:00)
Australian MPs have shown disrespect to the official position of their
countries and the principles of international law by their visit to
the Armenia-occupied territories of Azerbaijan, Azerbaijani Foreign
Ministry spokesman Elman Abdullayev told media.
Abdullayev said that Azerbaijan's position on foreign citizens'
visits to Nagorno-Karabakh which have not been agreed upon with the
Azerbaijani side in advance is unchanged and Baku will continue to
deem them illegal.
According to him, all of Azerbaijan's diplomatic missions abroad
have placed information on their websites, urging citizens of the
countries in which these diplomatic missions are accredited not to
pay such visits.
A group of parliament members from the Australian state of New South
Wales last week visited Nagorno-Karabakh, an Azerbaijani region under
Armenian occupation.
"Australia has repeatedly voiced its support for Azerbaijan's
territorial integrity and these actions do not reflect the country's
official stance," Abdullayev added.
The Azerbaijani embassy in Australia has been instructed to convey
Baku's discontent to the country's leadership.
Besides, in November 2012, Armenian media reported that the Legislative
Council of the New South Wales state adopted a resolution recognizing
the separatist "Nagorno-Karabakh Republic".
However, the Australian government said in a letter to the Azerbaijani
government that it supports the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan
and that this position has not changed.
The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict emerged in 1988 when Armenia made
territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Since a lengthy war in the early
1990s that displaced over one million Azerbaijanis, Armenian armed
forces have occupied over 20 percent of Azerbaijan's internationally
recognized territory, including Nagorno-Karabakh and seven adjacent
regions.
The UN Security Council's four resolutions on Armenian withdrawal
from the Azerbaijani territory have not been enforced to this day.
Russia, France and the U.S. have long been working to broker a solution
of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict through the OSCE Minsk Group, but
their efforts have been largely fruitless so far.
Peace talks are underway on the basis of a peace outline proposed
by the Minsk Group co-chairs and dubbed the Madrid Principles. The
document envisions a return of the territories surrounding
Nagorno-Karabakh to Azerbaijani control; determining the final legal
status of Nagorno-Karabakh; a corridor linking Armenia to the region;
and the right of all internally displaced persons to return home.
http://www.azernews.az/azerbaijan/57147.html
By Sara Rajabova
AzerNews, Azerbaijan
22 July 2013, 12:24 (GMT+05:00)
Australian MPs have shown disrespect to the official position of their
countries and the principles of international law by their visit to
the Armenia-occupied territories of Azerbaijan, Azerbaijani Foreign
Ministry spokesman Elman Abdullayev told media.
Abdullayev said that Azerbaijan's position on foreign citizens'
visits to Nagorno-Karabakh which have not been agreed upon with the
Azerbaijani side in advance is unchanged and Baku will continue to
deem them illegal.
According to him, all of Azerbaijan's diplomatic missions abroad
have placed information on their websites, urging citizens of the
countries in which these diplomatic missions are accredited not to
pay such visits.
A group of parliament members from the Australian state of New South
Wales last week visited Nagorno-Karabakh, an Azerbaijani region under
Armenian occupation.
"Australia has repeatedly voiced its support for Azerbaijan's
territorial integrity and these actions do not reflect the country's
official stance," Abdullayev added.
The Azerbaijani embassy in Australia has been instructed to convey
Baku's discontent to the country's leadership.
Besides, in November 2012, Armenian media reported that the Legislative
Council of the New South Wales state adopted a resolution recognizing
the separatist "Nagorno-Karabakh Republic".
However, the Australian government said in a letter to the Azerbaijani
government that it supports the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan
and that this position has not changed.
The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict emerged in 1988 when Armenia made
territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Since a lengthy war in the early
1990s that displaced over one million Azerbaijanis, Armenian armed
forces have occupied over 20 percent of Azerbaijan's internationally
recognized territory, including Nagorno-Karabakh and seven adjacent
regions.
The UN Security Council's four resolutions on Armenian withdrawal
from the Azerbaijani territory have not been enforced to this day.
Russia, France and the U.S. have long been working to broker a solution
of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict through the OSCE Minsk Group, but
their efforts have been largely fruitless so far.
Peace talks are underway on the basis of a peace outline proposed
by the Minsk Group co-chairs and dubbed the Madrid Principles. The
document envisions a return of the territories surrounding
Nagorno-Karabakh to Azerbaijani control; determining the final legal
status of Nagorno-Karabakh; a corridor linking Armenia to the region;
and the right of all internally displaced persons to return home.
http://www.azernews.az/azerbaijan/57147.html