KHAZAR IBRAHIM: "BY HIS WORDS EDWARD NALBANDYAN CONFIRMS CORRECTNESS OF AZERBAIJAN’S POSITION AND INCONSISTENCY OF ARMENIA’S ACTIONS WITH THE PARAGRAPHS OF THE HENSINKI FINAL ACT"

Today.Az
July 9 2008
Azerbaijan

Either cynicism or incomprehension of the Armenian Foreign Minister
is surprising as he is stating the need to settle the conflict on the
basis of the principle of the right for self-determination, when his
country held ethnic cleansing in the occupied lands of Azerbaijan,
in the result of which Azerbaijanis are not able to live in Nagorno
Karabakh.

The due announcement was made by spokesman for Azerbaijani Foreign
Ministry Khazar Ibrahim, commenting on Armenian Foreign Minister Edward
Nalbandyan who said the Karabakh conflict should be settled on the
basis of paragraphs 2, 4 and 8 of the Helsinki final act of 1975,
in line with which conflicts should be settled peacefully on the
basis of the right for self-determination and territorial integrity.

As for the paragraphs of the Helsinki final act, referred to by
the Armenian Foreign Minister, Ibrahim noted that by these words,
Nalbandyan confirms correctness of Azerbaijan’s position and complete
inconsistency of Armenia’s actions to the said paragraphs.

"As for the need to settle the conflict peacefully, it was Armenia
which tried to resolve it by way of war, while the right for
self-determination is possible only on the basis of territorial
integrity, which is fixed in paragraph 8 of the Helsinki final act",
said Ibrahim.