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Aug 22 2014
Azerbaijan's Foreign Ministry calls on U.S., France to refrain from bias
Baku, Azerbaijan, Aug. 22
By Seba Aghayeva - Trend:
Azerbaijan's Foreign Ministry, in a statement made Aug. 22, called on
U.S. and France to demonstrate a principled position with regard to
the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict's resolution and to refrain from bias
while expressing condolences and concerns.
The statement was disseminated by the ministry's press service with
regard to the statements of the U.S. Department of State and French
Foreign Ministry on Karen Petrosyan, a member of the Armenian armed
forces subversive group.
"As it was stated by the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of
Azerbaijan, Karen Petrosyan, with the aim of committing acts of
sabotage as part of the Armenian armed forces subversive group entered
the territory of the Republic of Azerbaijan through the
Armenia-Azerbaijan borderline," the Foreign Ministry said.
"The attack and sabotage of the subversive group were prevented by the
Armed Forces of the Republic of Azerbaijan, and a military serviceman
of the subversive group, Karen Petrosyan, was taken captive,"
according to the statement.
"Furthermore, it was also stressed that the reasons for the death of
Karen Petrosyan, who passed away suddenly, were investigated by the
medical experts in an open and transparent manner, and the
International Committee of Red Cross was immediately informed about
his death."
The ministry said Armenia in occupying Azerbaijani territories is on a
regular basis gravely violating international humanitarian law against
Azerbaijani citizens, who are held hostages and as prisoners of war in
Armenian captivity.
Armenia is violating the 'Geneva Conventions for Protection of War
Victims of 1949', the ministry stressed.
"The acts of mass murder, inflicting cruel torture, mental suffering,
merciless and degrading treatment to the point of suicide; executing
or torturing to death were conducted by Armenia against the
Azerbaijani prisoners of war and hostages," the ministry stressed in
its statement.
"As the result of Armenian aggression against Azerbaijan, the fate of
more than 4,000 Azerbaijani prisoners of war and hostages in captivity
of Armenia still remains unknown," according to the ministry.
"Inflicting brutal torture and degrading treatment against Shahbaz
Guliyev and Dilgam Asgarov, who visited their native land and
graveyards of their parents, murdering of Hasan Hasanov, targeting the
civilians, including children by the Armenian forces through the
contact line and Armenia-Azerbaijan border since the very beginning of
occupation, the terror-sabotage act committed in cowardice and
contemptible manner on July 31 - August 1 and the attempts to continue
it on August 7, are the facts of Armenia's immoral and inhuman policy
detrimental to international law."
The ministry said that in the view of aforementioned, Armenia's
deliberate attempts to exaggerate and politicize the case of Karen
Petrosyan are only aimed at concealing the atrocities committed by
Armenia.
"While exhibiting indifferent attitude to such inhuman behavior of
Armenia, including the fate of Shahbaz Guliyev, Dilgam Asgarov and
also Hasan Hasanov, as well as the terror-sabotage act of Armenia on
July 31- August 1, the statement delivered by the U.S. and France,
which are also the Co-Chairs of OSCE Minsk Group, under the influence
of the propaganda machine of Armenia and radical Armenian diaspora is
incomprehensible and unacceptable."
The ministry said that this lop-sided and biased attitude demonstrated
by OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs vis-à-vis such sensitive issues is not
perceived in an unambiguous manner by Azerbaijani society.
The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988
when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan.
As a result of the ensuing war, in 1992 Armenian armed forces occupied
20 percent of Azerbaijan, including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and
seven surrounding districts.
The two countries signed a ceasefire agreement in 1994. The co-chairs
of the OSCE Minsk Group, Russia, France and the U.S. are currently
holding peace negotiations.
Armenia has not yet implemented four U.N. Security Council resolutions
on the liberation of the Nagorno-Karabakh and the surrounding regions.
http://en.trend.az/news/karabakh/2304761.html
From: Baghdasarian
Aug 22 2014
Azerbaijan's Foreign Ministry calls on U.S., France to refrain from bias
Baku, Azerbaijan, Aug. 22
By Seba Aghayeva - Trend:
Azerbaijan's Foreign Ministry, in a statement made Aug. 22, called on
U.S. and France to demonstrate a principled position with regard to
the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict's resolution and to refrain from bias
while expressing condolences and concerns.
The statement was disseminated by the ministry's press service with
regard to the statements of the U.S. Department of State and French
Foreign Ministry on Karen Petrosyan, a member of the Armenian armed
forces subversive group.
"As it was stated by the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of
Azerbaijan, Karen Petrosyan, with the aim of committing acts of
sabotage as part of the Armenian armed forces subversive group entered
the territory of the Republic of Azerbaijan through the
Armenia-Azerbaijan borderline," the Foreign Ministry said.
"The attack and sabotage of the subversive group were prevented by the
Armed Forces of the Republic of Azerbaijan, and a military serviceman
of the subversive group, Karen Petrosyan, was taken captive,"
according to the statement.
"Furthermore, it was also stressed that the reasons for the death of
Karen Petrosyan, who passed away suddenly, were investigated by the
medical experts in an open and transparent manner, and the
International Committee of Red Cross was immediately informed about
his death."
The ministry said Armenia in occupying Azerbaijani territories is on a
regular basis gravely violating international humanitarian law against
Azerbaijani citizens, who are held hostages and as prisoners of war in
Armenian captivity.
Armenia is violating the 'Geneva Conventions for Protection of War
Victims of 1949', the ministry stressed.
"The acts of mass murder, inflicting cruel torture, mental suffering,
merciless and degrading treatment to the point of suicide; executing
or torturing to death were conducted by Armenia against the
Azerbaijani prisoners of war and hostages," the ministry stressed in
its statement.
"As the result of Armenian aggression against Azerbaijan, the fate of
more than 4,000 Azerbaijani prisoners of war and hostages in captivity
of Armenia still remains unknown," according to the ministry.
"Inflicting brutal torture and degrading treatment against Shahbaz
Guliyev and Dilgam Asgarov, who visited their native land and
graveyards of their parents, murdering of Hasan Hasanov, targeting the
civilians, including children by the Armenian forces through the
contact line and Armenia-Azerbaijan border since the very beginning of
occupation, the terror-sabotage act committed in cowardice and
contemptible manner on July 31 - August 1 and the attempts to continue
it on August 7, are the facts of Armenia's immoral and inhuman policy
detrimental to international law."
The ministry said that in the view of aforementioned, Armenia's
deliberate attempts to exaggerate and politicize the case of Karen
Petrosyan are only aimed at concealing the atrocities committed by
Armenia.
"While exhibiting indifferent attitude to such inhuman behavior of
Armenia, including the fate of Shahbaz Guliyev, Dilgam Asgarov and
also Hasan Hasanov, as well as the terror-sabotage act of Armenia on
July 31- August 1, the statement delivered by the U.S. and France,
which are also the Co-Chairs of OSCE Minsk Group, under the influence
of the propaganda machine of Armenia and radical Armenian diaspora is
incomprehensible and unacceptable."
The ministry said that this lop-sided and biased attitude demonstrated
by OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs vis-à-vis such sensitive issues is not
perceived in an unambiguous manner by Azerbaijani society.
The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988
when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan.
As a result of the ensuing war, in 1992 Armenian armed forces occupied
20 percent of Azerbaijan, including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and
seven surrounding districts.
The two countries signed a ceasefire agreement in 1994. The co-chairs
of the OSCE Minsk Group, Russia, France and the U.S. are currently
holding peace negotiations.
Armenia has not yet implemented four U.N. Security Council resolutions
on the liberation of the Nagorno-Karabakh and the surrounding regions.
http://en.trend.az/news/karabakh/2304761.html
From: Baghdasarian