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AZERBAIJAN SLAMS ARMENIAN FM'S STATEMENT
AzerNews, Azerbaijan
June 26 2013
26 June 2013, 12:56 (GMT+05:00)
By Sara Rajabova
Azerbaijani delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council
of Europe has condemned the statement of Armenian Foreign Minister
Edward Nalbadian made at the PACE summer session.
Head of the Azerbaijani delegation, Samad Seyidov, discussed at a
Monitoring Committee meeting the biased statement of the Armenian
foreign minister, which was raised on the first day of the PACE
session.
"In my speech, I thoroughly discussed the false and biased statements
of the head of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe,
Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian, expressed on the first
day of the PACE summer session," Seyidov said. "The Azerbaijani
delegation considers the minister's speech as unforgivable because
an attempt was made to spread false ideas inherent to Armenia among
the MPs, by using such a high position. Actually, this action must
be regarded as an open provocation against Azerbaijan."
Seyidov also said that the committee members consider the Armenian
minister's statement as provocative and point out that these remarks
are inadmissible.
The Monitoring Committee members urged the Azerbaijani delegation
not to give in to the provocative statements, but to exercise patience.
Baku has criticized Nalbadian's statement. Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry
spokesman Elman Abdullayev told Trend news agency that the statement
made by Nalbandian while addressing the European MPs differs from
Yerevan's actual deeds.
He noted that actions such as the intensification of confidence
building measures announced by the Armenian minister were blocked
and are still being blocked by Yerevan.
Abdullayev said Armenia has already used force by occupying 20 percent
of Azerbaijan's territory and exposing the local population to bloody
ethnic cleansing.
"Armenia is responsible for the tense situation in the region today
and for the security of the region being under threat," he said.
"Yerevan must seriously think about its aggressive policy."
Over 20 percent of Azerbaijan's internationally recognized territory,
including Nagorno-Karabakh and seven adjacent regions, has been
occupied by Armenian armed forces since a lengthy war between the
two South Caucasus countries in the early 1990s. The UN Security
Council has passed four resolutions calling for an Armenian pullout,
but they have not been enforced to date.
Negotiations are underway on the basis of the peace outline dubbed
the Madrid Principles, also known as Basic 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.
AzerNews, Azerbaijan
June 26 2013
26 June 2013, 12:56 (GMT+05:00)
By Sara Rajabova
Azerbaijani delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council
of Europe has condemned the statement of Armenian Foreign Minister
Edward Nalbadian made at the PACE summer session.
Head of the Azerbaijani delegation, Samad Seyidov, discussed at a
Monitoring Committee meeting the biased statement of the Armenian
foreign minister, which was raised on the first day of the PACE
session.
"In my speech, I thoroughly discussed the false and biased statements
of the head of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe,
Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian, expressed on the first
day of the PACE summer session," Seyidov said. "The Azerbaijani
delegation considers the minister's speech as unforgivable because
an attempt was made to spread false ideas inherent to Armenia among
the MPs, by using such a high position. Actually, this action must
be regarded as an open provocation against Azerbaijan."
Seyidov also said that the committee members consider the Armenian
minister's statement as provocative and point out that these remarks
are inadmissible.
The Monitoring Committee members urged the Azerbaijani delegation
not to give in to the provocative statements, but to exercise patience.
Baku has criticized Nalbadian's statement. Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry
spokesman Elman Abdullayev told Trend news agency that the statement
made by Nalbandian while addressing the European MPs differs from
Yerevan's actual deeds.
He noted that actions such as the intensification of confidence
building measures announced by the Armenian minister were blocked
and are still being blocked by Yerevan.
Abdullayev said Armenia has already used force by occupying 20 percent
of Azerbaijan's territory and exposing the local population to bloody
ethnic cleansing.
"Armenia is responsible for the tense situation in the region today
and for the security of the region being under threat," he said.
"Yerevan must seriously think about its aggressive policy."
Over 20 percent of Azerbaijan's internationally recognized territory,
including Nagorno-Karabakh and seven adjacent regions, has been
occupied by Armenian armed forces since a lengthy war between the
two South Caucasus countries in the early 1990s. The UN Security
Council has passed four resolutions calling for an Armenian pullout,
but they have not been enforced to date.
Negotiations are underway on the basis of the peace outline dubbed
the Madrid Principles, also known as Basic 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.