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  • BAKU: Int'l fund urges ICRC to gain Azerbaijani hostages' speedy rel

    AzerNews, Azerbaijan
    July 21 2014

    Int'l fund urges ICRC to gain Azerbaijani hostages' speedy release

    21 July 2014, 12:58 (GMT+05:00)
    By Jamila Babayeva


    The International Fund for Cooperation and Partnership of the Black
    Sea and the Caspian Sea (BSCSIF) expressed big concern over the fate
    of Azerbaijanis taken hostage by Armenian military in Kalbajar region.

    "The recent developments have negatively affected the process of the
    peaceful settlement of the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict over
    Nagorno-Karabakh. It also have impeded the restoration of security and
    stability within the entire Black Sea - Caspian region," BSCSIF's
    appeal o the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) reads.

    Three Azerbaijani civilians (reportedly Russian citizen Dilgam Ahmadov
    and Azerbaijani citizens Shahbaz Guliyev and Hasan Hasanov) were
    detained by Armenian forces on July 10.

    Armenia violated the international legal norms by taking hostage the
    Azerbaijani civilians as they did not violate any border law between
    Armenia and Azerbaijan. They were on their own native Kalbajar region
    which has been under Armenia's occupation since 1993.

    Baku warned ICRC about failure to arrange a meeting with the
    Azerbaijani civilians taken hostages by Armenia in occupied Kalbajar
    region. ICRC Baku office reported that it is in contact with
    conflicting sides.

    BSCSIF's appeal further reads that by such actions, Armenia is
    violating international laws and norms.

    "Armenia is violating the principles of the Helsinki Final Act.
    Meanwhile, the 22 year military aggression of Armenia against
    Azerbaijan in Karabakh has been violating other international
    principles and norms including UN Security Council resolutions,
    especially resolution No. 822. The resolution demands an immediate
    cessation of all hostilities with a view of establishing a durable
    cease-fire and immediate withdrawal of all occupying forces from
    Kalbajar and other occupied regions of Azerbaijan. BSCSIF blames the
    indifference of international community, especially the OSCE Minsk
    Group to this conflict. Everyone is waiting for concrete measures by
    OSCE Minsk Group," the appeal noted.

    BSCSIF urged ICRC to take all necessary measures within its power as
    soon as possible to ensure normal conditions for the prisoners and
    arrange a meeting with them to gain their speedy release.

    The fund once again emphasized the need for a speedy settlement of the
    Nagorno-Karabakh conflict on the basis of norms and principles of
    international law, respect for the territorial integrity, sovereignty,
    non-use of force, as well as eliminating violence against civilians.

    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 caused a brutal war in the early 1990s.

    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 US and the OSCE Minsk
    Group are underway on the basis of a peaceful outline -called Madrid
    Principle -proposed by the Minsk Group co-chairs. The negotiations
    have been largely fruitless so far.

    http://www.azernews.az/azerbaijan/68998.html

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