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July 23 2014
Baku says OSCE Minsk Group almost lost its significance
23 July 2014, 18:21 (GMT+05:00)
By Jamila Babayeva
The OSCE Minsk Group has almost lost its significance and Azerbaijani
people don't trust it any more.
Deputy Prime Minister and Chairman of the State Committee for Refugees
and IDPs Ali Hasanov made the remark at a commemoration ceremony on
the 21st anniversary of occupation of Azerbaijan's Aghdam region by
Armenia.
Hasanov underscored that throughout history, Azerbaijani people have
been in trusting relationships with their neighbors. "The OSCE Minsk
Group would be better to teach Armenia to trust, rather than
Azerbaijan," he stressed.
The official expressed regret that Azerbaijan is once again holding
the occupation anniversary of Aghdam region rather than its liberation
anniversary adding that sooner or later, Aghdam and all occupied
territories of Azerbaijan will be liberated from the Armenian
occupation.
Hasanov further told journalists that the member states and co-chairs
of the OSCE Minsk Group should abandon the policy of double standards.
He underscored that the OSCE Minsk Group, engaged in the settlement of
the Armenian-Azerbaijani Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, should take notes
from the latest speech of President Ilham Aliyev at the session of the
Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.
Hasanov stressed that the OSCE Minsk Group should either resolve the
problem, or step aside, paving the way for the conflicting parties to
settle their problems by themselves.
"If the Armenian people want to live in prosperity, they should first
get rid of the current regime and re-establish good relations with
Azerbaijan. Otherwise, they will continue to live in poverty," he
said.
Hasanov emphasized Azerbaijan will eventually liberate its territories
occupied by Armenia.
Speaking about the Azerbaijani civilians taken hostage by the Armenian
forces, Hasanov said Azerbaijan views them as heroes and they
shouldn't be accused of violating laws under any circumstances.
Hasanov said that the Azerbaijanis (reportedly Shahbaz Guliyev, Dilgam
Asgarov and Hasan Hasanov) were taken hostage by Armenians while
visiting the graves of their relatives.There is no information about
them so far.
Armenia violated the international legal norms by taking hostage the
Azerbaijani civilians as they didn't violate any border law between
Armenia and Azerbaijan. They were on their own native Kalbajar region.
Commenting on the related reports of the Armenian media, the deputy
prime minister underscored that the Armenian side accused the captured
Azerbaijanis of committing various crimes.
Hasanov said the Armenian media reported that Shahbaz Guliyev and
Dilgam Asgarov have repeatedly visited the occupied territories of
Kalbajar region.
"At the time of their visit, a 17-year-old Armenian was killed there
and Armenians, failing to solve the issue began to accuse Guliyev and
Asgarov of committing the murder," he noted.
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.
July 23 2014
Baku says OSCE Minsk Group almost lost its significance
23 July 2014, 18:21 (GMT+05:00)
By Jamila Babayeva
The OSCE Minsk Group has almost lost its significance and Azerbaijani
people don't trust it any more.
Deputy Prime Minister and Chairman of the State Committee for Refugees
and IDPs Ali Hasanov made the remark at a commemoration ceremony on
the 21st anniversary of occupation of Azerbaijan's Aghdam region by
Armenia.
Hasanov underscored that throughout history, Azerbaijani people have
been in trusting relationships with their neighbors. "The OSCE Minsk
Group would be better to teach Armenia to trust, rather than
Azerbaijan," he stressed.
The official expressed regret that Azerbaijan is once again holding
the occupation anniversary of Aghdam region rather than its liberation
anniversary adding that sooner or later, Aghdam and all occupied
territories of Azerbaijan will be liberated from the Armenian
occupation.
Hasanov further told journalists that the member states and co-chairs
of the OSCE Minsk Group should abandon the policy of double standards.
He underscored that the OSCE Minsk Group, engaged in the settlement of
the Armenian-Azerbaijani Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, should take notes
from the latest speech of President Ilham Aliyev at the session of the
Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.
Hasanov stressed that the OSCE Minsk Group should either resolve the
problem, or step aside, paving the way for the conflicting parties to
settle their problems by themselves.
"If the Armenian people want to live in prosperity, they should first
get rid of the current regime and re-establish good relations with
Azerbaijan. Otherwise, they will continue to live in poverty," he
said.
Hasanov emphasized Azerbaijan will eventually liberate its territories
occupied by Armenia.
Speaking about the Azerbaijani civilians taken hostage by the Armenian
forces, Hasanov said Azerbaijan views them as heroes and they
shouldn't be accused of violating laws under any circumstances.
Hasanov said that the Azerbaijanis (reportedly Shahbaz Guliyev, Dilgam
Asgarov and Hasan Hasanov) were taken hostage by Armenians while
visiting the graves of their relatives.There is no information about
them so far.
Armenia violated the international legal norms by taking hostage the
Azerbaijani civilians as they didn't violate any border law between
Armenia and Azerbaijan. They were on their own native Kalbajar region.
Commenting on the related reports of the Armenian media, the deputy
prime minister underscored that the Armenian side accused the captured
Azerbaijanis of committing various crimes.
Hasanov said the Armenian media reported that Shahbaz Guliyev and
Dilgam Asgarov have repeatedly visited the occupied territories of
Kalbajar region.
"At the time of their visit, a 17-year-old Armenian was killed there
and Armenians, failing to solve the issue began to accuse Guliyev and
Asgarov of committing the murder," he noted.
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.