AZERBAIJAN TO SET QUOTAS ON INTERNATIONAL PEACEKEEPING FORCES

news.az
Dec 28 2009
Azerbaijan

Zahid Oruj The bill "On Azerbaijan’s participation in peacekeeping
operations" must also define exact quotas of international peacekeeping
troops.

The bill "On Azerbaijan’s participation in peacekeeping operations"
adopted in the second reading of Milli Medjlis will be considered in
the third reading in late February, said Zahid Oruj, member of the
parliamentary committee of security and defense.

He considers that this bill will specify the main forms and rules
of our country’s participation in operations to prevent and settle
local and regional conflicts. The document also reflects conduction
of peacekeeping operations in the occupied lands with Azerbaijan’s
participation.

Zahid Oruj said the bill must also define exact quotas of international
peacekeeping troops dislocated in Nagorno Karabakh. The deputy
considers that exact quota must be defined in conduction of
peacekeeping operations in Azerbaijan based on the format of these
international forces.

"If a ceasefire agreement is signed, the number of armed troops from
each country in the region cannot exceed 33% of the overall staff",
Oruj said.