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AZERBAIJANI DIPLOMAT: 'ARMENIA KEEPS GETTING WEAKER AND WEAKER'
AzerNews, Azerbaijan
May 7 2013
By Gulgiz Dadashova
The current Armenian leadership might hope to be gaining time by
creating obstacles for the resolution of the Armenia-Azerbaijan
conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh, Consul General of Azerbaijan in Los
Angeles Nasimi Aghayev has said while delivering lectures at the
University of California, San Diego, and University of San Diego.
"Building on such assumption, they are largely mistaken, because the
experience of the last 20 years shows that the policy of preserving the
status quo does not yield any results and the international community
remains firmly committed to Azerbaijan's territorial integrity,"
Aghayev said.
Armenia occupied over 20 percent of Azerbaijan's internationally
recognized territory, including Nagorno-Karabakh and seven adjacent
regions, after laying territorial claims against its South Caucasus
neighbor that had caused a lengthy war in the early 1990s.
The UN Security Council has adopted four resolutions on Armenia's
withdrawal from the Azerbaijani territory, but they have not been
enforced to this day.
Aghayev informed the students and professors participating at the
lectures about the military occupation of a large swath of Azerbaijan
by Armenia and the grave consequences of this occupation.
He said that Azerbaijan is getting stronger and stronger, whereas
Armenia keeps getting weaker and weaker.
"Given this circumstance alone, Armenia's leadership should end its
non-constructive policy that primarily damages the interests of the
Armenian people, and put all its efforts towards the soonest resolution
of the conflict," Aghayev said.
The Consul General also spoke about the rich history and culture
of Azerbaijan, its steady development since independence, its
transformation into one of the key actors in the wider region, the
current state of its relations with neighboring countries, and the
strategic partnership with the United States, as well as highlighted
Azerbaijan's strong traditions of ethnic and religious tolerance
and inclusion.
http://www.azernews.az/azerbaijan/53498.html
AzerNews, Azerbaijan
May 7 2013
By Gulgiz Dadashova
The current Armenian leadership might hope to be gaining time by
creating obstacles for the resolution of the Armenia-Azerbaijan
conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh, Consul General of Azerbaijan in Los
Angeles Nasimi Aghayev has said while delivering lectures at the
University of California, San Diego, and University of San Diego.
"Building on such assumption, they are largely mistaken, because the
experience of the last 20 years shows that the policy of preserving the
status quo does not yield any results and the international community
remains firmly committed to Azerbaijan's territorial integrity,"
Aghayev said.
Armenia occupied over 20 percent of Azerbaijan's internationally
recognized territory, including Nagorno-Karabakh and seven adjacent
regions, after laying territorial claims against its South Caucasus
neighbor that had caused a lengthy war in the early 1990s.
The UN Security Council has adopted four resolutions on Armenia's
withdrawal from the Azerbaijani territory, but they have not been
enforced to this day.
Aghayev informed the students and professors participating at the
lectures about the military occupation of a large swath of Azerbaijan
by Armenia and the grave consequences of this occupation.
He said that Azerbaijan is getting stronger and stronger, whereas
Armenia keeps getting weaker and weaker.
"Given this circumstance alone, Armenia's leadership should end its
non-constructive policy that primarily damages the interests of the
Armenian people, and put all its efforts towards the soonest resolution
of the conflict," Aghayev said.
The Consul General also spoke about the rich history and culture
of Azerbaijan, its steady development since independence, its
transformation into one of the key actors in the wider region, the
current state of its relations with neighboring countries, and the
strategic partnership with the United States, as well as highlighted
Azerbaijan's strong traditions of ethnic and religious tolerance
and inclusion.
http://www.azernews.az/azerbaijan/53498.html