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SETTLEMENT OF SYRIAN ARMENIANS INTO AZERBAIJANI OCCUPIED TERRITORIES CONTRADICTS INT'L LAW
Trend, Azerbaijan
May 13 2014
Baku, Azerbaijan, May 13
Trend:
The settlement of Syrian Armenians into the occupied territories of
Azerbaijan is illegal under international law and must be stopped
immediately, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov said on
May 13.
The minister made the remarks while speaking at the first session
of the Arab Cooperation and Economic Forum with Central Asia and
Azerbaijan in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
The foreign minister's speech has been posted on the website of
Azerbaijan's Foreign Ministry.
Mammadyarov pointed out that Armenia continues to use force to sustain
military occupation of the Azerbaijani territories and to prevent one
million Azerbaijani refugees and IDP's from returning to their homes.
He underscored that the majority of Azerbaijan's historical and
cultural monuments were destroyed and desecrated.
"It is a matter of yet another serious concern that Armenia expands
settlement of Syrian Armenians into the occupied territories of
Azerbaijan to change the demography on the ground. Such activity is
illegal under international law and must be stopped immediately,"
the minister stressed.
He also expressed gratitude to the Islamic world for condemning the
Armenian aggression and for supporting Azerbaijan.
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 the U.N. Security Council's four
resolutions on the liberation of the Nagorno-Karabakh and the
surrounding regions.
Trend, Azerbaijan
May 13 2014
Baku, Azerbaijan, May 13
Trend:
The settlement of Syrian Armenians into the occupied territories of
Azerbaijan is illegal under international law and must be stopped
immediately, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov said on
May 13.
The minister made the remarks while speaking at the first session
of the Arab Cooperation and Economic Forum with Central Asia and
Azerbaijan in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
The foreign minister's speech has been posted on the website of
Azerbaijan's Foreign Ministry.
Mammadyarov pointed out that Armenia continues to use force to sustain
military occupation of the Azerbaijani territories and to prevent one
million Azerbaijani refugees and IDP's from returning to their homes.
He underscored that the majority of Azerbaijan's historical and
cultural monuments were destroyed and desecrated.
"It is a matter of yet another serious concern that Armenia expands
settlement of Syrian Armenians into the occupied territories of
Azerbaijan to change the demography on the ground. Such activity is
illegal under international law and must be stopped immediately,"
the minister stressed.
He also expressed gratitude to the Islamic world for condemning the
Armenian aggression and for supporting Azerbaijan.
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 the U.N. Security Council's four
resolutions on the liberation of the Nagorno-Karabakh and the
surrounding regions.