Azerbaijan Business Center
May 22 2010

United Europe requires withdrawal of Armenian troops from Azerbaijani
occupied part

Baku, Fineko/abc.az. United Europe, for the first time in its history,
required withdrawal of Armenian troops from Azerbaijani occupied
part.

It has already affected growth of authority of the European Union (EU)
in the leading country of Southern Caucasus ` the Azerbaijani Foreign
Ministry welcomed the resolution on Southern Caucasus, adopted by the
European parliament on May 20.

The Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry informed, the European Parliament’s
resolution, in which support of territorial integrity of Azerbaijan
was set forth and appeal to Armenia to refuse preservation of the
status quo, created by force and to withdraw the troops from all
occupied Azerbaijani territories, was worked out on the basis of a
report of Bulgarian MP Eugene Kirilov.

«It is the important resolution appraise fairly unresolved regional
conflicts as an obstacle for full realization of social and economic
development and eastern partnership in the countries of Southern
Caucasus and considers necessary peaceful resolving the conflicts for
achievement stability in the region,’ it was informed..

The Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry appraise positively a clear and
single position of the European Parliament in regard to the
Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict and its hard consequences.

The ministry notes with satisfaction that by means of this resolution
EU confirms position of EU that "parliamentary elections", scheduled
for May, 23 in Nagorno Karabakh are unconstitutional and illegal, and
at the same time, protect the political rights of the Azerbaijan
forcibly displaced persons.

The Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry believes that this clear and timely
resolution of the European Parliament will become a signal for
stopping by Armenia the policy of delaying settlement of the
Armenian-Azerbaijan Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. The ministry also
expresses hope that this document will make constructive the position
of Yerevan at negotiations.

The Foreign Ministry, in its turn, called on EU to play more active
role in establishment of stability in Southern Caucasus and its
turning into the stable and prospering region.