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EU ATTACHES IMPORTANCE TO NAGORNO-KARABAKH CONFLICT RESOLUTION
AzerNews, Azerbaijan
Oct 24 2014
24 October 2014, 13:20 (GMT+05:00)
By Sara Rajabova
The European Union attaches a particular importance to finding a
solution to the Armenian-Azerbaijani Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus Herbert Salber
made the remark a meeting with Chairman of "Azerbaijani Community of
Nagorno-Karabakh" Public Union Bayram Safarov in Baku on October 23,
AzerTag news agency reported.
"Settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict is very important for the
European Union," Salber said, noting that the EU backs an immediate
and peaceful settlement of the dispute.
Safarov, for his part, expressed regret that "international
organizations have taken a double standard approach towards
Azerbaijan's problem."
"Unfortunately, the organizations which must show a resolute position
on the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict have remained
silent and taken a double standard approach towards it," he noted.
Safarov said the conflict must be settled only in compliance with
international legal norms and within Azerbaijan`s territorial
integrity.
"So we expect the European Union and other international organizations
to show their determination in his regard. Azerbaijan supports peace
and we want peace in Azerbaijan, in the South Caucasus and the whole
world," Safarov said.
He also stressed the need for close involvement of the European Union
in the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
"Building an EU-supported dialogue between the communities, ensuring
active participation of the parties in programs and projects of
the organization is important in terms of solving the conflict,"
Safarov added.
European Parliament in 2013 adopted a resolution which confirmed that
Armenian troops have occupied Azerbaijani territories and called for
resolving 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 the 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
conflict which emerged over Armenia's territorial claims against its
South Caucasus neighbor. Since a war in the early 1990s, Armenian
armed forces have occupied 20 percent of Azerbaijan's territory,
including Nagorno-Karabakh and seven surrounding regions. A fragile
ceasefire has been in place since 1994, but long-standing efforts by
U.S., Russian and French mediators have been largely fruitless so far.
Armenia has not yet implemented the U.N. Security Council's four
resolutions on its pullout from the neighboring country's territories.
From: Baghdasarian
AzerNews, Azerbaijan
Oct 24 2014
24 October 2014, 13:20 (GMT+05:00)
By Sara Rajabova
The European Union attaches a particular importance to finding a
solution to the Armenian-Azerbaijani Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus Herbert Salber
made the remark a meeting with Chairman of "Azerbaijani Community of
Nagorno-Karabakh" Public Union Bayram Safarov in Baku on October 23,
AzerTag news agency reported.
"Settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict is very important for the
European Union," Salber said, noting that the EU backs an immediate
and peaceful settlement of the dispute.
Safarov, for his part, expressed regret that "international
organizations have taken a double standard approach towards
Azerbaijan's problem."
"Unfortunately, the organizations which must show a resolute position
on the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict have remained
silent and taken a double standard approach towards it," he noted.
Safarov said the conflict must be settled only in compliance with
international legal norms and within Azerbaijan`s territorial
integrity.
"So we expect the European Union and other international organizations
to show their determination in his regard. Azerbaijan supports peace
and we want peace in Azerbaijan, in the South Caucasus and the whole
world," Safarov said.
He also stressed the need for close involvement of the European Union
in the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
"Building an EU-supported dialogue between the communities, ensuring
active participation of the parties in programs and projects of
the organization is important in terms of solving the conflict,"
Safarov added.
European Parliament in 2013 adopted a resolution which confirmed that
Armenian troops have occupied Azerbaijani territories and called for
resolving 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 the 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
conflict which emerged over Armenia's territorial claims against its
South Caucasus neighbor. Since a war in the early 1990s, Armenian
armed forces have occupied 20 percent of Azerbaijan's territory,
including Nagorno-Karabakh and seven surrounding regions. A fragile
ceasefire has been in place since 1994, but long-standing efforts by
U.S., Russian and French mediators have been largely fruitless so far.
Armenia has not yet implemented the U.N. Security Council's four
resolutions on its pullout from the neighboring country's territories.
From: Baghdasarian