OSCE MG CONFIRMS ITS ASSISTANCE TO AZERBAIJAN’S TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY

Noyan Tapan
May 7, 2009

YEREVAN, MAY 7, NOYAN TAPAN. The OSCE Minsk Group declared its
assistance to Azerbaijan’s territorial integrity calling Azerbaijan’s
authorities for launching a more constructive dialogue with
Armenia. This is mentioned in UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon’s report
under the title The Situation in Azerbaijan’s Occupied Territories
addressed to the UN General Assembly for consideration. The report
consists of letters of OSCE Minsk Group Co-chairs and a number of UN
member countries with proposals on Nagorno Karabakh settlement.

The UN General Assembly in 2008 March with Resolution 62/243 called
its member states and international and regional organizations
for "assisting the conflict settlement process within their
jurisdiction." The Assembly instructed the Secretary General to
present an all-embracing report on that resolution’s fulfillment at
the 63rd session.

UN Secretary General’s report mentioned that the OSCE Minsk
Group Co-chairs said that General Assembly’s Resolution 64/243
discriminatively agitates only certain principles proposed by them
in Madrid earlier. "Such lack of balance, unfortunately, made our
countries vote against that resolution.

Nevertheless, during the clarification of voting reasons and today
also we again confirm our assistance to Azerbaijan’s territorial
integrity," the letter read.

According to the UN Press Service, the U.S., Russia, and France have
declared that the "most efficient way, by which Azerbaijan can achieve
its territorial integrity, is continuation of more constructive
dialogue with Armenia" for the purpose of final elaboration of the
main principles that the Co-chairs proposed to the two sides in Madrid.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress