AZERBAIJANI MFA TRIES TO FIND JUSTIFICATION

Panorama.am
17:26 03/12/2009

"Discussions over the situation in Azerbaijan’s occupied territories
at the UN General Assembly meeting have been postponed for technical
reasons," Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Elkhan Polukhov
said, according to Day.az.

"Discussions over the draft resolution "On situation in the occupied
territories of Azerbaijan" at the UN General Assembly meeting was
postponed at the request of the Azerbaijani side," he said. The
media reported earlier that discussions "On situation in the occupied
territories of Azerbaijan" was scheduled for Dec. 3.

The draft was once submitted for voting. Then most of UN members
abstained from voting, three countries – Russia, USA, and France –
voted against the document. The approach made Baku angry and he
addressed condemnations to the OSCE MG Co-Chairs.

Panorama.am recalls that the event rose turmoil in Azerbaijan.

Particularly, Azadlig reporter said Aliyev was to blame for the failure
of the document in the UN, noting this once again proves president’s
inconsistency and non-seriousness of statements he made.

According to analysts, just because of the turmoil in Azerbaijani
society, MFA addressed a statement saying the discussions were
postponed for "technical" reasons.