AZERBAIJAN WARNS USA: ‘UNILATERAL ACTIONS IN THE ‘OCCUPIED LANDS’ CAN BE VIEWED BY AZERBAIJAN AS SUPPORT TO ‘SEPARATISM’

ArmInfo
2009-06-19 13:50:00

ArmInfo. Azerbaijan’s position on all issues regarding
"Armenian-occupied Azerbaijani lands", remains changeless, said
spokesman for Azerbaijani FM Elkhan Polukhov, commenting on the news
in Armenian mass media that the United States allocated humanitarian
aid to Nagorno Karabakh at $10 mln.

"Certainly, the humanitarian concern of the countries about Nagorno
Karabakh residents is understandable and we are ready to support all
humanitarian efforts but they must be coordinated with the Azerbaijani
powers", Polukhov told Day.az.

"Azerbaijan still counts on the respect to sovereignty and territorial
integrity of the country. We believe that unilateral actions in the
occupied lands can be viewed by Azerbaijan as support to separatism",
he said.

"Azerbaijan insists on rendering this assistance equally to both
communities of Nagorno Karabakh", concluded Polukhov.

As regards another Azerbaijani agency APA, it reported that the
government of Azerbaijan has already prepared the "Program of Return
for the internally displaced persons" .The embassies and international
organizations accredited in the country and governmental organizations
were also involved in the elaboration of this program. If peace
agreement is signed, the program will be implemented phase-by- phase",
said Vice Prime Minister, Chairman of the State Committee for Refugees
and Internally Displaced Persons Ali Hasanov.