MOSCOW DECLARATION REFLECTS BAKU POSITION ON STAGE BY STAGE RESOLUTION OF KARABAKH CONFLICT
ArmInfo
2008-11-07 10:34:00
ArmInfo-TURAN. According to Turkish mass media, Azerbaijan supported
Turkey’s initiative on realization of the Platform of stability and
cooperation in the South Caucasus, stated Azerbaijan’s President
Ilham Aliyev in his speech before the deputies of Turkey’s Great
National Assembly.
He considers that the events in South Caucasus demonstrate that peace
in the region is fragile. Concerning the Karabakh conflict Aliyev said
that there is only cease-fire regime, but political settlement of the
conflict has not been obtained yet. Armenia is to blame for this, as
it is ignoring international law and refuse to follow four Resolutions
of the UN Security Council for liberation of Azerbaijanis territories.
Aliyev expressed a hope, that new leadership of Armenia will assess
the situation in the right way, and the conflict will be settled on
the basis of Azerbaijan’s territorial integrity.
Aliyev positively assessed the latest steps by Turkey and Russia in
promotion of peace in the region. Concerning the Moscow Declaration
Aliyev said that it created a basis for settlement the conflict.
Assessing the document, Aliyev said that the importance of the
resolution of the conflict within the frameworks of the international
law and stage by stage of settlement was reflected in the Declaration.
"We have always supported stage by stage resolution of the conflict;
liberation of occupied territories, and the return of refuges to
native places. Then it will be possible to discuss the status of
Nagorno-Karabakh, Aliyev said. He noted that the status of Nagorno
Karabakh must be determined within the frameworks of Azerbaijan’s
territorial integrity.