Xinhua, China
April 13 2005
Pakistan, Azerbaijan ask UN to implement resolutions on regional
disputes
Photo: Visiting President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev (L) and
Pakistani Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz hold a joint press conference
in Islamabad, capital of Pakistan, on April 13, 2005. (Xinhua photo)
ISLAMABAD, April 13 (Xinhuanet) — Pakistani Prime Minister
Shaukat Aziz and visiting President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev here
Wednesday urged the United Nations to implement UN resolutions on
their regional disputes and agreed that the UN reforms should be
based on consensus.
Addressing a joint press conference, the two leaders expressed
support to each other on the issues of Kashmir and Nagorno-Karabakh
and called for implementing the UN resolutions on the twodisputes.
Kashmir is divided between Pakistan and India and both claim the
territory in its entirety. Azerbaijan has a territorial dispute with
Armenia over Nagorno-Karabakh.
“Both issues should be resolved based on the norms and principles
of international law,” Aliyev said and lamented that the United
Nations could not implement its resolutions on both.
“If decisions adopted by international organizations are left on
papers and are not implemented, these decisions would not be
respected by the international community,” he added.
Aziz said he shared the views of the Azeri leader and said
Pakistan wanted a peaceful resolution of all disputes including the
issue of Kashmir and Nagorno-Karabakh.
“Effectiveness of the United Nations will only be felt if the
resolutions which have been passed are implemented,” he stressed.
On the UN reforms, Aziz said it should be conducted in a way
which is equitable, democratic and reflect the wishes of the majority
of the members through consensus rather than doing it in any other
way.
Earlier on Wednesday, Aziz and Aliyev held wide-ranging talks on
political, economic and regional and international issues of mutual
concern.
They also witnessed the signing of six agreements to promote
bilateral cooperation in the areas of culture, education, finance,
communication, information technology and aeronautics.
On Tuesday, Aliyev met his Pakistani counterpart Pervez Musharraf
and the two sides voiced a common stand on the UN Security Council
expansion. Pakistan has been advocating against creation of new
centers of privilege at the Security Council.
The two leaders also renewed a call for peaceful settlement of
the Nagorno-Karabakh dispute between Azerbaijan and Armenia. On the
Kashmir issue, Aliyev expressed his country’s support for Islamabad’s
efforts aimed at resolving the dispute with New Delhi for durable
peace and security in the region.
Aliyev arrived in Islamabad Tuesday on a two-day visit and he was
due to leave for home later on Wednesday. Enditem