news.az, Azerbaijan
Nov 14 2009
Azerbaijanis want and are ready to return to Nagorno Karabakh `
representative of region’s Azerbaijani community
Sat 14 November 2009 | 06:57 GMT Text size:
Map of Azerbaijan News.Az interview with Mehti Abdulla, chief of the
Steering Council of the Azerbaijani community of Nagorno Karabakh.
How do you imagine the return of Azerbaijanis to Nagorno Karabakh and
their further co-existence with the Armenian community considering
that the talks on the resolution of the Karabakh conflict have entered
the final stage?
We want and we are ready to return to our native lands notwithstanding
everything. We have never stopped loving our motherland and we want to
live there. We agree to live in peace and accord with our neighbors
and we understand that we will not avoid this. Sooner or later we will
have to live together again. And they will also have to live with us
in peace.
Is the Azerbaijani community ready to cooperation with the Armenian
community of this region?
We are fully prepared to this. We are ready to sit at a table with the
Armenian community and discuss with them the details of our return and
further co-existence. Naturally, this is a very difficult process as
there were mass bloodshed, destructions and other disasters. But we
base on the fact that we should live in peace with our neighbors.
Intellectuals and mass media representatives have recently held
several mutual visits to Azerbaijan and Armenia. Are such visits
planned in the nearest time?
No such visits are currently planned. I imply the visits involving our
community. But we are ready for them. Unfortunately, we do not see the
constructivism from the Armenian part. But the Azerbaijani community
is preparing to hold a number of events both in Azerbaijan and abroad.
I will be able to inform about the details of these events later.
What, do you think, are the optimal conditions under which the
Azerbaijani community will agree to coexist with Armenians?
As Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has repeatedly stated, the
future status of Nagorno Karabakh may be defined within the framework
of the territorial integrity of our country. But the status definition
must follow the return of the Azerbaijani community to Nagorno
Karabakh. The Azerbaijani community expelled from its lands must also
take part in the discussions on the future status of this region. But
I would like to repeat that this status can be settled only within the
framework of the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan.
There is an opinion that the internally displaced persons from Nagorno
Karabakh have well settled in Baku and do not intend to return to
their lands. How can you comment on such statements?
Those who say so are far from the community. I have to communicate
much with these people and I can state that they are ready to return
to their lands though the Azerbaijani state has created enough
conditions for them. Most of them settled in different spheres yet
they want and are ready to return to their native lands. Naturally,
this process should be ensured so that to avoid any unforeseen
circumstances.
Lala B.
News.Az
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
