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    AZERBAIJANI CIVIL SOCIETY REPRESENTATIVES CONDEMN ELDAR NAMAZOV'S SIGNING STATEMENT WITH DAVID SHAHNAZARYAN

    APA, Azerbaijan
    Nov 4 2014

    [ 04 November 2014 18:34 ]

    Can't these persons understand that the Azerbaijani territories are
    under occupation?

    Baku. Rufat Ahmadzada - APA. "I have never supported such initiatives.

    Dialogue between civil societies and public diplomacy initiatives
    are favorable for Armenia in the current situation", Sahib Mammadov,
    Chairman of the Citizens' Labor Rights Protection League told APA
    while commenting on a joint statement signed by chairman of the
    Public Forum For Azerbaijan, Eldar Namazov, and head of Armenia's
    Center for Political and Legal Studies "Concord", David Shahnazaryan,
    in Helsinki, Finland.

    "If the peace process doesn't yield any results at the presidential
    level, then there is no meaning in our dialogues. Of course, we can
    not remain enemies forever. But 20 percent of Azerbaijani territories
    are under occupation. If Armenia takes a step toward, a peace agreement
    with Azerbaijan, starting with the liberation of the adjacent regions
    to Nagorno-Karabakh, representatives of civil societies can work for
    good neighborhood in peaceful conditions," he said.

    Mammadov is also surprised at the call "not to sell arms to both sides"
    that was envisaged in the statement: "I do not understand them.

    Increasing the power of self-defense is the right of Azerbaijan, whose
    territories are under occupation. Why should our country fall weak
    in comparison with Armenia? On the other hand, we need to be careful
    while using the expression "right of peoples to self-determination".

    Armenians already have a state and it is illogical to establish a
    second, third or fourth Armenian state everywhere Armenians densely
    populated in. I think that the territorial integrity should come before
    anything else. This important point shouldn't be forgotten in the
    resolution of this conflict as well. If Armenia takes a step towards
    peace accepting Azerbaijan's proposal to grant the highest status,
    the conflict can be resolved completely within a few years", he added.

    Chairman of Karabakh Liberation Organization Akif Naghi told APA that
    he felt sorry about the names in the list that joined this statement
    from the Azerbaijani side. "They take this wrong step either because
    of naivety or intentionally. Non-use of force, self-determination
    and give up defending... Can't these persons understand that the
    Azerbaijani territories are under occupation? Such statements are
    useful not for us, but for Armenians", he said.

    Naghi stressed that the issue of liberating the seven regions is
    pending. "No step is taken toward the peace agreement. What else shall
    we do to satisfy the co-chairs and the invaders? It is ridiculous that
    a handful of Armenians in Karabakh demand independence. As if we speak
    about the people under colonial rule. Everyone should understand that
    we cannot wait for them returning our lands willingly. The Azerbaijani
    people do not need such defeatist dialogue", Akif Naghi added.

    Note that, President of the Public Forum for Azerbaijan Eldar Namazov
    and Director of Armenia's Center for Legal and Political Studies
    "Concord", David Shahnazaryan, have signed a joint statement in
    Helsinki, Finland.

    In the statement, the sides also mentioned a document they had
    signed as part of the Independent Civil Minsk Process (ICMP) on the
    settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict on 8 December 2010 and
    noted they call on the sides to put an end to military rhetoric and
    politically informative campaigns aimed at fueling the conflict and
    begin working on a "road map" to resolve the conflict.

    The sides signing the document said they regret these calls were
    overlooked over the past period.

    The statement addresses the leaders of the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs
    and those countries, calls to stop selling offensive weapons to the
    region, and calls on the sides' civil society representatives to be
    active in the process of peace.

    On the Azerbaijani side, Zardusht Alizadeh, Arzu Abdullayeva, Ali
    Abbasov and Leyla Aliyeva joined the statement, and Agasi Enokyan,
    Aykak Arshamyan, Karen Ohajanyan and Natalia Martirosyan on the
    Armenian side.

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