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ITAR-TASS, Russia
Jan 1 2012
Azerbaijan's membership in UN SC may favour Karabakh settlement
UNITED NATIONS January 1
Azerbaijan's growing authority in the international arena and its
membership in the UN Security Council may favour settlement of the
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, Azerbaijan's permanent representative at
the UN Agshin Mekhtiyev said.
On Saturday, the ambassador told Itar-Tass that Baku "keeps
permanently the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict on the agenda of the UN."
"Until recently it was the General Assembly, which has an item on the
agenda devoted to the position in the occupied territories of
Azerbaijan," he said.
There were several resolutions on the item, including the issue
regarding refugees, he said. Besides, there are four resolutions of
the Security Council on the conflict, which were adopted back in 1993.
Mekhtiyev stressed that the Minsk Group of the Organisation of
Security and Cooperation in Europe is dealing with settlement of the
Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict.
"As far as I know, presently Azerbaijan is not planning to change the
format of the negotiations or to change the framework of the
discussions," he said. "But if a decision of the kind is adopted, we,
of course, will start immediately consultations - first of all with
the UN SC permanent members, where three are by the way co-chairs of
the Minsk Group /Russia, the USA and France/."
Mekhtiyev said that Baku has insisted and will insist on "necessity to
implement resolutions of the Security Council on the
Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict."
"I hope very much that growth of Azerbaijan's authority in the
international arena and its membership in the Security Council may
play a positive role in the process of settlement of the conflict," he
concluded.
Jan 1 2012
Azerbaijan's membership in UN SC may favour Karabakh settlement
UNITED NATIONS January 1
Azerbaijan's growing authority in the international arena and its
membership in the UN Security Council may favour settlement of the
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, Azerbaijan's permanent representative at
the UN Agshin Mekhtiyev said.
On Saturday, the ambassador told Itar-Tass that Baku "keeps
permanently the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict on the agenda of the UN."
"Until recently it was the General Assembly, which has an item on the
agenda devoted to the position in the occupied territories of
Azerbaijan," he said.
There were several resolutions on the item, including the issue
regarding refugees, he said. Besides, there are four resolutions of
the Security Council on the conflict, which were adopted back in 1993.
Mekhtiyev stressed that the Minsk Group of the Organisation of
Security and Cooperation in Europe is dealing with settlement of the
Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict.
"As far as I know, presently Azerbaijan is not planning to change the
format of the negotiations or to change the framework of the
discussions," he said. "But if a decision of the kind is adopted, we,
of course, will start immediately consultations - first of all with
the UN SC permanent members, where three are by the way co-chairs of
the Minsk Group /Russia, the USA and France/."
Mekhtiyev said that Baku has insisted and will insist on "necessity to
implement resolutions of the Security Council on the
Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict."
"I hope very much that growth of Azerbaijan's authority in the
international arena and its membership in the Security Council may
play a positive role in the process of settlement of the conflict," he
concluded.