TREND Information, Azerbaijan

Discussion of Nagorno-Karabakh conflict at UN General
Assembly is success of Azerbaijan – Azeri Senior State
Official

Source: Trend
Author: A.Ismayilova

15.09.2006

Novruz Mammadov, the head of the Foreign Relations Department of the
Azerbaijan President’s Apparat said the injection of an issue on
Nagorno-Karabakh into an agenda of the session of the UN General
Assembly to be held in New York late this September, Trend reports.

`We used the authority and support of our partners in this issue,’ he
noted, recalling the assistance by the United States, UK, and other
countries, particularly GUAM [Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan and
Moldova] members-states.

`However, several countries came out against the injection of the
issue into the agenda, and unfortunately some Islamic countries are
among them. Russia together with Armenia hold an opposition stance in
respect to Azerbaijan.

Mammadov reminded that the Azerbaijani President raised an issue on
suspended conflicts in a summit of the heads of GUAM member-states in
May and proposed to resolve the problem namely on this level.

Touching upon Armenian’s statements reportedly Azerbaijan brings the
talks out of the frames of OSCE, the state officer stressed that such
statement actually hurt the negotiation process.

Armenian can not blackmail Azerbaijan with such statements. After all
this country realizes that it must liberate the Azerbaijani territory,
he stressed.

Mammadov underlined the results of talks between the Azerbaijani and
Armenian Foreign Ministers will determine the next round of a meeting
between the Presidents of the conflict countries.

Anyhow, Azerbaijan is eager to see the conflict to move
forward. Azerbaijan desires to rehabilitate its territorial integrity
through talks and peace in order to enable the internally displaced
people to return their areas.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress