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NATURAL GAS FOR LAND - AZERBAIJANI OIL VENTURE DETAILS EARLIER STATEMENT
14:36 ~U 11.06.13
Azerbaijan's major oil manufacturing company has given clarifications
to its president's recent statement expressing readiness to supply
Armenia with natural gas upon necessity.
In a statement, the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR)
has said that the country will collaborate with Armenia over gas
supply issues provided the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict receives a
pro-Azerbaijani solution.
"Azerbaijan has, throughout its history, lived in peace with
the neighbors ... The neighboring Armenia, however, chose the
nationalistic and separatist path, seizing the Azerbaijani lands
and forcing over 1 million Azerbaijanis out of home. And today,
violating the norms of international law, the Armenian government
fails to express a willingness to liberate the Azerbaijani lands,
thus preventing the socio-economic development of not only its
country but also the region. Azerbaijan has repeatedly announced
that in case Armenia changes its position on the liberated
lands and proposes a peaceful, negotiated and, most importantly, a
pro-Azerbaijani-territorial-integrity-settlement, it will have a chance
to be involved in projects of international significance. In case the
above conditions are met, Azerbaijan may discuss the possibilities
of supplying Armenia with gas..." reads the statement.
The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict broke out in 1988 when the Armenian
majority of the then autonomous region declared its intention of
breaking away from Azerbaijan.In a referendum held on December 10,
1991 (days before the collapse of the USSR), the population voted
overwhelmingly in favor of independence (99.89%). The move was
followed by Azerbaijan's large-scale military operations against
Nagorno-Karabakh and seven neighboring regions. The Ceasefire Agreement
which went into effect in May 1994 put an end to the armed attacks
in the conflict zone.Since 1992, the OSCE Minsk Group has been
spearheading the efforts towards reaching a negotiated settlement
between the conflicting countries.
http://www.tert.am/en/news/2013/06/11/socar/
14:36 ~U 11.06.13
Azerbaijan's major oil manufacturing company has given clarifications
to its president's recent statement expressing readiness to supply
Armenia with natural gas upon necessity.
In a statement, the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR)
has said that the country will collaborate with Armenia over gas
supply issues provided the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict receives a
pro-Azerbaijani solution.
"Azerbaijan has, throughout its history, lived in peace with
the neighbors ... The neighboring Armenia, however, chose the
nationalistic and separatist path, seizing the Azerbaijani lands
and forcing over 1 million Azerbaijanis out of home. And today,
violating the norms of international law, the Armenian government
fails to express a willingness to liberate the Azerbaijani lands,
thus preventing the socio-economic development of not only its
country but also the region. Azerbaijan has repeatedly announced
that in case Armenia changes its position on the liberated
lands and proposes a peaceful, negotiated and, most importantly, a
pro-Azerbaijani-territorial-integrity-settlement, it will have a chance
to be involved in projects of international significance. In case the
above conditions are met, Azerbaijan may discuss the possibilities
of supplying Armenia with gas..." reads the statement.
The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict broke out in 1988 when the Armenian
majority of the then autonomous region declared its intention of
breaking away from Azerbaijan.In a referendum held on December 10,
1991 (days before the collapse of the USSR), the population voted
overwhelmingly in favor of independence (99.89%). The move was
followed by Azerbaijan's large-scale military operations against
Nagorno-Karabakh and seven neighboring regions. The Ceasefire Agreement
which went into effect in May 1994 put an end to the armed attacks
in the conflict zone.Since 1992, the OSCE Minsk Group has been
spearheading the efforts towards reaching a negotiated settlement
between the conflicting countries.
http://www.tert.am/en/news/2013/06/11/socar/