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June 28 2014
For status quo to change Armenia should start withdrawing troops from
Azerbaijani lands
Baku, Azerbaijan, June 28
By Seymur Aliyev, Elchin Mehdiyev - Trend:
For over 20 years Azerbaijan has been suffering from Armenian
aggression and occupation, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said on
June 28, at the opening ceremony of the 23rd Annual Session of the
OSCE Parliamentary Assembly in Baku.
"Nagorno-Karabakh is a historic part of Azerbaijan, it is an ancient
land of Azerbaijan that has been occupied by Armenia for more than 20
years," President Aliyev said.
He added that 20 percent of Azerbaijan's internationally recognized
land is under occupation, one million of Azerbaijanis became refugees
and displaced persons on their own land.
"We became the subject of ethnic cleansing. Armenians committed
genocide against Azerbaijani city of Khojaly - the genocide that is
already recognized by 10 countries of the world," Azerbaijani
president stressed. "International law norms are violated. The UN
Security Council adopted 4 resolutions demanding immediate and
unconditional withdrawal of Armenian forces from the occupied
territories. These resolutions remain on paper, and are not
implemented."
President Aliyev went on to add that the OSCE decisions, in
particular, the decision of the Lisbon summit, which clearly identify
what steps should be taken in order to resolve the conflict, also
remain on paper.
"European Parliament, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of
Europe, Islamic Cooperation Organization and others, including the
Non-Aligned Movement (NAM), have adopted decisions and resolutions but
Armenia simply ignores it," Ilham Aliyev underscored.
He added that Armenians do not want to liberate the territory that
does not belong to them.
"Armenia wants to keep everything unchanged. It ignores even the OSCE
Minsk Group co-chair countries presidents' statements. Presidents of
U.S., France, and Russia made it very clear that the status-quo is not
acceptable, and it means that the status quo must be changed. In order
for it to change, Armenia has to start the withdrawal of its troops
from our land, but Armenia ignores it," President Aliyev said.
Azerbaijani president said the implementation of the resolutions of
the international organizations, restoration of territorial integrity
of Azerbaijan and the resolution of the conflict, based on the
principle of territorial integrity of the countries is the main
prerequisite for successful resolution of the conflict.
"As far as the principle of self-determination is concerned, if we
look carefully at the Helsinki Final Act, we will see that
self-determination should not undermine the territorial integrity of
countries. Armenians already have their independent state. There are
no reasons why they should have another Armenian state on historic
Azerbaijani territories, taking into account that the first Armenian
existing state was created on Azerbaijani lands," President Aliyev
stressed.
He went on to add that the OSCE sent two missions to the occupied
territories, a fact-finding mission and a field-assessment mission.
"Both of these missions reported total devastation of the occupied
territories. It is a dead zone. Our cities are levelled to the ground,
our historic buildings, mosques and cemeteries are destroyed. This is
the evidence of the missions," Azerbaijani president said.
"We are grateful to OSCE for these initiatives, but these reports play
no role in the resolution of the conflict. We need resolution of the
conflict that is what our refugees, our people and country need. Our
region needs that, because Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict is a major
source of threat to the region," Azerbaijani president said.
Ilham Aliyev underscored that the best way to reduce tensions and to
establish confidence-building mechanisms will begin with withdrawal of
Armenian troops from Azerbaijani lands.
From: A. Papazian
June 28 2014
For status quo to change Armenia should start withdrawing troops from
Azerbaijani lands
Baku, Azerbaijan, June 28
By Seymur Aliyev, Elchin Mehdiyev - Trend:
For over 20 years Azerbaijan has been suffering from Armenian
aggression and occupation, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said on
June 28, at the opening ceremony of the 23rd Annual Session of the
OSCE Parliamentary Assembly in Baku.
"Nagorno-Karabakh is a historic part of Azerbaijan, it is an ancient
land of Azerbaijan that has been occupied by Armenia for more than 20
years," President Aliyev said.
He added that 20 percent of Azerbaijan's internationally recognized
land is under occupation, one million of Azerbaijanis became refugees
and displaced persons on their own land.
"We became the subject of ethnic cleansing. Armenians committed
genocide against Azerbaijani city of Khojaly - the genocide that is
already recognized by 10 countries of the world," Azerbaijani
president stressed. "International law norms are violated. The UN
Security Council adopted 4 resolutions demanding immediate and
unconditional withdrawal of Armenian forces from the occupied
territories. These resolutions remain on paper, and are not
implemented."
President Aliyev went on to add that the OSCE decisions, in
particular, the decision of the Lisbon summit, which clearly identify
what steps should be taken in order to resolve the conflict, also
remain on paper.
"European Parliament, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of
Europe, Islamic Cooperation Organization and others, including the
Non-Aligned Movement (NAM), have adopted decisions and resolutions but
Armenia simply ignores it," Ilham Aliyev underscored.
He added that Armenians do not want to liberate the territory that
does not belong to them.
"Armenia wants to keep everything unchanged. It ignores even the OSCE
Minsk Group co-chair countries presidents' statements. Presidents of
U.S., France, and Russia made it very clear that the status-quo is not
acceptable, and it means that the status quo must be changed. In order
for it to change, Armenia has to start the withdrawal of its troops
from our land, but Armenia ignores it," President Aliyev said.
Azerbaijani president said the implementation of the resolutions of
the international organizations, restoration of territorial integrity
of Azerbaijan and the resolution of the conflict, based on the
principle of territorial integrity of the countries is the main
prerequisite for successful resolution of the conflict.
"As far as the principle of self-determination is concerned, if we
look carefully at the Helsinki Final Act, we will see that
self-determination should not undermine the territorial integrity of
countries. Armenians already have their independent state. There are
no reasons why they should have another Armenian state on historic
Azerbaijani territories, taking into account that the first Armenian
existing state was created on Azerbaijani lands," President Aliyev
stressed.
He went on to add that the OSCE sent two missions to the occupied
territories, a fact-finding mission and a field-assessment mission.
"Both of these missions reported total devastation of the occupied
territories. It is a dead zone. Our cities are levelled to the ground,
our historic buildings, mosques and cemeteries are destroyed. This is
the evidence of the missions," Azerbaijani president said.
"We are grateful to OSCE for these initiatives, but these reports play
no role in the resolution of the conflict. We need resolution of the
conflict that is what our refugees, our people and country need. Our
region needs that, because Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict is a major
source of threat to the region," Azerbaijani president said.
Ilham Aliyev underscored that the best way to reduce tensions and to
establish confidence-building mechanisms will begin with withdrawal of
Armenian troops from Azerbaijani lands.
From: A. Papazian