OSCE MG THINKS AZERBAIJAN’S RESOLUTION UNJUST

PanARMENIAN.Net
17.03.2008 13:28 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ "The OSCE Minsk Group co-chair states, including
Russia, have taken a tough stand on the UN resolution on Azerbaijan,"
Russia’s Ambassador to Azerbaijan Vasily Istratov said when commenting
on the March 14 vote.

"The OSCE Minsk Group co-chair states think that resolution as unjust,"
he said, Azeri Press Agency reports.

On 14 March, the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution on Nagorno
Karabakh, in which Azerbaijan called for the immediate, complete and
unconditional withdrawal of Armenian forces "from all the occupied
territories of the Republic of Azerbaijan."

With 39 votes in favor, 7 against and 100 abstentions, the Assembly
adopted a text that also called for "continued respect and support
for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Republic of
Azerbaijan within its internationally recognized borders."

In favor: Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Brunei
Darussalam, Cambodia, Colombia, Comoros, Djibouti, Gambia, Georgia,
Indonesia, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Libya, Malaysia, Maldives, Moldova,
Morocco, Myanmar, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia,
Senegal, Serbia, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Turkey, Tuvalu, Uganda,
Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Yemen.

Against: Angola, Armenia, France, India, Russian Federation, United
States, Vanuatu