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EU SAYS STATUS QUO IN NAGORNO-KARABAKH UNACCEPTABLE
AzerNews, Azerbaijan
May 21 2014
21 May 2014, 12:38 (GMT+05:00)
By Sara Rajabova
The European Union representative voiced EU's intention to contribute
to the resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, which emerged in
1988 after Armenia's territorial claims against Azerbaijan.
"Even though the EU is not an OSCE member, EU representatives have
repeatedly expressed their intention to contribute to the rapid
settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, EU Baku office head
Malena Mard told the media on May 21.
Mard said maintaining the status quo is in the interests of neither
Azerbaijan nor Armenia.
"Maintaining the status quo is unacceptable. The EU supports rapid
settlement of the conflict," Mard noted.
European Parliament in 2013 adopted a resolution which confirmed that
Armenian troops have occupied Azerbaijani territories and urged to
resolve the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict on the basis of UN Security
Council resolutions and the L'Aquila statement of the mediating
countries' leaders in 2009.
According to changes to the resolution, the European Parliament
recalled its position that the occupation of territory of an Eastern
Partnership member by another member state violates the fundamental
principles and objectives of the EU program.
For over two decades, Azerbaijan and Armenia have been locked in the
conflict, which impedes the development of the region, as Armenia
continues its policy of aggression.
Since a lengthy war in the early 1990s that displaced over one million
Azerbaijanis, Armenian armed forces have occupied over 20 percent
of Azerbaijan's internationally recognized territory, including
Nagorno-Karabakh and seven adjacent regions.
AzerNews, Azerbaijan
May 21 2014
21 May 2014, 12:38 (GMT+05:00)
By Sara Rajabova
The European Union representative voiced EU's intention to contribute
to the resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, which emerged in
1988 after Armenia's territorial claims against Azerbaijan.
"Even though the EU is not an OSCE member, EU representatives have
repeatedly expressed their intention to contribute to the rapid
settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, EU Baku office head
Malena Mard told the media on May 21.
Mard said maintaining the status quo is in the interests of neither
Azerbaijan nor Armenia.
"Maintaining the status quo is unacceptable. The EU supports rapid
settlement of the conflict," Mard noted.
European Parliament in 2013 adopted a resolution which confirmed that
Armenian troops have occupied Azerbaijani territories and urged to
resolve the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict on the basis of UN Security
Council resolutions and the L'Aquila statement of the mediating
countries' leaders in 2009.
According to changes to the resolution, the European Parliament
recalled its position that the occupation of territory of an Eastern
Partnership member by another member state violates the fundamental
principles and objectives of the EU program.
For over two decades, Azerbaijan and Armenia have been locked in the
conflict, which impedes the development of the region, as Armenia
continues its policy of aggression.
Since a lengthy war in the early 1990s that displaced over one million
Azerbaijanis, Armenian armed forces have occupied over 20 percent
of Azerbaijan's internationally recognized territory, including
Nagorno-Karabakh and seven adjacent regions.