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  • BAKU: MP: Latvia Backs Peaceful Karabakh Settlement Within Azerbaija

    MP: LATVIA BACKS PEACEFUL KARABAKH SETTLEMENT WITHIN AZERBAIJAN'S INTEGRITY

    AzerNews, Azerbaijan
    Oct 15 2013

    15 October 2013, 11:43 (GMT+05:00)

    By Sara Rajabova

    A Latvian lawmaker has said his country supports a peaceful settlement
    of the Armenia-Azerbaijan Nagorno-Karabakh conflict within the
    framework of Azerbaijan's territorial integrity and this was stated
    recently at the UN General Assembly session, Azertag news agency
    reported.

    Romans Naudins, a member of the Latvian-Azerbaijani parliamentary
    cooperation group, who visited Azerbaijan shortly before the October
    9 presidential elections, said the policy of double standards of
    the international community hinders a settlement of the long-lasting
    conflict.

    The 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 have
    not been enforced to this day.

    Peace talks, mediated by Russia, France and the U.S. through the OSCE
    Minsk Group, are underway on the basis of a peace outline proposed
    by the Minsk Group co-chairs and dubbed the Madrid Principles. The
    negotiations have been largely fruitless so far.

    Naudins expressed concern that the unresolved Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
    poses major hurdles not only for the South Caucasus region but also
    the stability of the entire Europe as reliable energy supply routes
    are extremely important for the EU countries.

    Naudins said Azerbaijan contributes significantly to the strengthening
    of Europe's energy security. The conflict also has a strong negative
    impact on Armenia's economy, given that Armenia has been sidelined from
    the largest regional projects initiated and implemented by Azerbaijan,
    he added.

    He also said that next year will see the 20th anniversary of the
    diplomatic relations between Latvia and Azerbaijan. According to him,
    the two countries closely cooperate within international organizations,
    and bilateral relations within the Eastern Partnership program are
    efficient.

    Naudins said there is every opportunity to develop bilateral
    relations. He added that the Latvian-Azerbaijani parliamentary
    cooperation group is ready to contribute to strengthening the
    partnership between the two countries.

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