OIC CONDEMNS SO-CALLED ‘PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS’ IN NAGORNO-KARABAKH
TREND News Agency, Azerbaijan
July 20 2007
Azerbaijan, Baku / corr Trend K.Ramazanova / The Secretary-General of
the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) Prof. Ekmeleddin
Ihsanoglu has expressed the OIC’s rejection of the so-called
"presidential elections" in Nagorno-Karabakh.
The so-called "elections" gravely violates the relevant standards
and principles of international law, and interferes with the ongoing
peace process. This act and its results therefore have no legal effect.
The OIC fully recognizes the sovereignty and territorial integrity
of the Republic of Azerbaijan. In compliance with the relevant
OIC documents, including the Islamabad Declaration, adopted by
the 34th Session of the Islamic Conference of Foreign Ministers,
the Organization of the Islamic Conference once again strongly
condemns the aggression of the Republic of Armenia against the
Republic of Azerbaijan and urges immediate, complete and unconditional
withdrawal of Armenian occupying forces from the occupied territories
of Azerbaijan.
Any constitutional document envisaging a self-rule for the population
of the Nagorno-Karabakh region can only be elaborated through a legal,
democratic, and peaceful process with a full, equal, and direct
participation of the entire population of the region consisting of
the Armenian and Azerbaijani communities.