AZERBAIJAN INTENDS TO ACHIEVE THE WORLD COMMUNITY’S APPRECIATION OF NAGORNO-KARABAKH CONFLICT AT UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Trend
Aug 24 2009
Azerbaijan
During UN General Assembly Azerbaijan intends to achieve the world
community’s appreciation of Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, head of
international affairs department of the Azerbaijani President’s
administration, Novruz Mammadov, told Trend News on August 24.
Armenian-Azerbaijani Nagorno-Karabakh conflict is included in the
agenda of the 64-th UN General Assembly to be held in New-York in
September.
"The world community’s appreciation of the conflict is important
from point of view of pressure on Armenian position and reminding
to the world community that the conflict remains unsolved during 20
years. It gives no benefits for UN authority being the basis of the
international law in the world," Mammadov said.
Mammadov said that Armenia has been demonstrating double-dealing
position in solving the conflict within many years, cites unnecessary
pretexts. It does not reckon with either the international community
or the international law. He said that it is difficult to expect for
any actions from a country not reckoning with the international law.
"Armenia must realize that sooner or later it will have to return
Azerbaijani lands. It will fail to keep them for a long time,"
Mammadov said.
The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988
when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Azerbaijan
lost all of Nagorno-Karabakh except for Shusha and Khojali in December
1991. In 1992-93, Armenian armed forces occupied Shusha, Khojali and 7
districts surrounding Nagorno-Karabakh. Azerbaijan and Armenia signed
a ceasefire in 1994. The co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group – Russia,
France, and the U.S. – are currently holding the peace negotiations.