AZERBAIJANI MP ON POSSIBLE DE-OCCUPATION FORMULAS OF AZERBAIJAN’S ARMENIA-OCCUPIED LANDS

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May 20 2010
Azerbaijan

"Azerbaijan can refuse to solve the Karabakh conflict by military ways
if only a comprehensive agreement, which will clearly indicate exact
timeframe for liberation of our territories and the consequences in
case of Armenia’s failure to meet commitments, is adopted," Member
of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis (Parliament) Fazail Ibrahimli said.

He was commenting on possibility of an agreement on non-use of
military force in case of liberation of part of the Armenia-occupied
territories.

"Recently, media reports indicated that Moscow has offered "2 +3 +2"
de-occupation scheme of Azerbaijan’s territories around the former
Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Region. It is said that Azerbaijan will
be asked to sign an agreement on non-use of military force after the
liberation of the two regions. I think that Azerbaijan can sign such
a treaty if only Azerbaijan retains a right to take any decision,
if Yerevan fails to faithfully execute the de-occupation agreement,"
the MP said.

"This agreement should be based on a principle of a phased solution.

Azerbaijan may abandon its legitimate right to use force, if the time
interval between these stages will be clearly indicated. Moreover,
completion of all three phases according to the formula "2 +3 +2"
should not be measured in years. Most of what we can do is to wait
a few months," the MP said.

Comparing plans for the liberation of Azerbaijani territories by the
formulas "5 +2" and "2 +3 +2", the deputy said that "in principle,
even the second option could be satisfactory for us. Given the fact
of double standards by big powers to Azerbaijan, it will be perfect if
we succeed to liberate the occupied territory without a drop of blood.

What matters is that in any of the de-occupation formula should
clearly indicate time interval between the stages of liberation."