Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan expresses deep resentment
over position taken by the Co-Chairmen countries that voted against
General Assembly resolution

2008-03-15 13:52:00

ArmInfo. Azerbaiajni Foreign Ministry made a statement of the voting on
its Resolution on Nagorny Karabakh at the UN General Assembly. Day-az
reports that the Foreign Ministry of Azerbaijan would like to emphasize
the utmost importance of the resolution, which the General Assembly,
despite the efforts of some Member States, has adopted.

‘We are surprised and express our deep resentment over the position
taken by the Co-Chairmen countries that voted against this resolution,
since the text was carefully drafted based on the concept of settlement
they have repeatedly assured us to pursue. Co-chairs refer to the draft
paper on basic principles prepared by them, which allegedly constitute
the basis for the settlement. Azerbaijan must state that this draft
contains more disagreements and unsettled issues, rather than clarity,
and these issues by priority are of utmost importance. We took note of
the Co-chairs support to the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan and
would like to believe that they will follow their statement. We also
expect that the Co-chairs in their work on the draft of basic
principles will take due regard of the position of international
community expressed in the adopted resolution and prescribed in the
international law, which shall serve as a basis for their activity. We
would like to stress that Azerbaijan will continue to be guided by the
principles laid out in the adopted resolution in its work on the draft
of basic principles.
We would like to express our gratitude for those countries, which voted
in favor of our resolution and demonstrated principled and friendly
support to Azerbaijan, and we will not forget that. Likewise, we would
not forget that a number of states didn’t find it possible to vote in
favor of the resolution, which is of principled importance not only for
Azerbaijan, but also for the international community, although we do
understand that decision among those which chose to abstain in the
voting was taken under pressure or due to remote geographic location.
We firmly reject and consider as trifling the position of those who
voted against the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan. Results of today
voting will be thoroughly analyzed and taken due note of in the course
of preparation of our campaign for mobilizing support to our resolution
in the coming year’, the statement says.