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CONSTANT ATTEMPTS OF US TO INTERFERE IN INTERNAL AFFAIRS OF AZERBAIJAN UNACCEPTABLE
Trend, Azerbaijan
Oct 16 2014
16 October 2014, 18:22 (GMT+05:00)
Baku, Azerbaijan, Oct.16
Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry considers constant attempts of the United
States to interfere in the internal affairs of Azerbaijan unacceptable,
said the statement of the acting head of the press service of the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs Hikmet Hajiyev.
The statement came as a response to the critical statement of the
representative of the US State Department on the human rights situation
in Azerbaijan.
"Azerbaijan has fully secured the rule of law and the independence
of the judicial system," Hajiyev said.
Such baseless interference by the United States is a violation of
the rule of law and the commitments made by the United States, said
the statement.
"Attempts to transform human rights into a foreign policy tool, which
is used to exert political pressure, have long lost its influence,"
Hajiyev said. "It is unacceptable to treat human rights selectively,
with a policy of double standards. The states acting as "messengers"
of human rights, in this case the United States, should treat more
carefully the rights of Azerbaijani refugees and internally displaced
persons deprived of their basic rights as a result of the Armenian
aggression, as well as the facts of ethnic cleansing on the occupied
territories of 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 four U.N. Security Council resolutions
on the liberation of the Nagorno-Karabakh and the surrounding regions.
http://en.trend.az/azerbaijan/politics/2322703.html
Trend, Azerbaijan
Oct 16 2014
16 October 2014, 18:22 (GMT+05:00)
Baku, Azerbaijan, Oct.16
Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry considers constant attempts of the United
States to interfere in the internal affairs of Azerbaijan unacceptable,
said the statement of the acting head of the press service of the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs Hikmet Hajiyev.
The statement came as a response to the critical statement of the
representative of the US State Department on the human rights situation
in Azerbaijan.
"Azerbaijan has fully secured the rule of law and the independence
of the judicial system," Hajiyev said.
Such baseless interference by the United States is a violation of
the rule of law and the commitments made by the United States, said
the statement.
"Attempts to transform human rights into a foreign policy tool, which
is used to exert political pressure, have long lost its influence,"
Hajiyev said. "It is unacceptable to treat human rights selectively,
with a policy of double standards. The states acting as "messengers"
of human rights, in this case the United States, should treat more
carefully the rights of Azerbaijani refugees and internally displaced
persons deprived of their basic rights as a result of the Armenian
aggression, as well as the facts of ethnic cleansing on the occupied
territories of 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 four U.N. Security Council resolutions
on the liberation of the Nagorno-Karabakh and the surrounding regions.
http://en.trend.az/azerbaijan/politics/2322703.html