ELECTION SHOW OF ARMENIA AIMS TO ATTRACT ATTENTION: AZERBAIJAN CEC’S CHAIRMAN
Trend News Agency, Azerbaijan
July 18 2007
Azerbaijan, Baku /corr. Trend S.Ilhamgizi / The Chairman of the
Central Election Commission of Azerbaijan (CEC), Mazahir Panahov,
said on 18 July at CEC meeting that so-called regime in Azerbaijan’s
Nagorno-Karabakh region occupied by Armenia carries out election
games to attract the attention of the international community.
He said that the occupant policy of Armenia has always presented
obstacles for the development of other processes in Azerbaijan.
"The occupation fact of the Azerbaijani lands found its reflection
in the annual report of the Council of Europe. This position is also
supported by other international organizations. The current situation
in Nagorno-Karabakh can not last, everything may cardinally change
soon. The election show of Armenia aims to attract attention,"
Panahov said.
According to the CEC Chairman, the next election game of the Armenian
separatists is the next unsuccessful ambition of the regime. "Thus, the
regime in Nagorno-Karabakh tries to be recognized by the international
community," Panahov added.
The CEC Secretary, Natig Mammadov, considers that Azerbaijan’s policy
disclosed Armenian lies. He said that in any cases, the occupied
lands of Azerbaijan will be released. "The Armenian side wants to
politically unmask the occupation fact," Mammadov said.
During the meeting, reports were delivered by the CEC, Azer Tagiyev,
Nizami Ahmadov, Oktay Humbatov, Akif Gurbanov and others. The CEC
members unanimously state that the elections planned to be held in
Nagorno-Karabakh is contrary to the international law.
At the end, the CEC made a statement condemning the efforts of the
Armenian separatists to hold so-called ‘elections’ in Nagorno-Karabakh
on 19 July.