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TURKIC BUSINESS COUNCIL: SO-CALLED "ELECTIONS" IN NAGORNO-KARABAKH ARE NOT LEGITIMATE
Trend
July 23 2012
Azerbaijan
The recent so-called "elections" in Nagorno-Karabakh are not legitimate
and legally justified, as the Nagorno-Karabakh is Azerbaijan's
inseparable part, Secretary General of the Turkic Business Council
Halil Akinci told Trend today.
"Nagorno-Karabakh is Azerbaijan's integral part," he said. "If any
elections are held there, the elections of the Azerbaijani Republic
will be conducted."
He also stressed that Azerbaijan's territorial integrity has been
recognized by the OSCE Minsk Group, the UN and other international
organizations.
Akinci said that Turkic Business Council and Turkic countries do not
recognize the so-called "elections" in Nagorno-Karabakh and support
Azerbaijan in its just struggle for the liberation of occupied lands.
The so-called "presidential elections" took place in the occupied
Nagorno-Karabakh region of the Republic of Azerbaijan on July 19,
2012. No world country recognizes Nagorno-Karabakh as independent
and sovereign state.
The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988
when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Armenian
armed forces have occupied 20 per cent of Azerbaijan since 1992,
including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and seven surrounding districts.
Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a ceasefire agreement in 1994. The
co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group - Russia, France and the U.S. -
are currently holding peace negotiations.
Armenia has not yet implemented the U.N. Security Council's four
resolutions on the liberation of the Nagorno-Karabakh and the
surrounding regions.
Trend
July 23 2012
Azerbaijan
The recent so-called "elections" in Nagorno-Karabakh are not legitimate
and legally justified, as the Nagorno-Karabakh is Azerbaijan's
inseparable part, Secretary General of the Turkic Business Council
Halil Akinci told Trend today.
"Nagorno-Karabakh is Azerbaijan's integral part," he said. "If any
elections are held there, the elections of the Azerbaijani Republic
will be conducted."
He also stressed that Azerbaijan's territorial integrity has been
recognized by the OSCE Minsk Group, the UN and other international
organizations.
Akinci said that Turkic Business Council and Turkic countries do not
recognize the so-called "elections" in Nagorno-Karabakh and support
Azerbaijan in its just struggle for the liberation of occupied lands.
The so-called "presidential elections" took place in the occupied
Nagorno-Karabakh region of the Republic of Azerbaijan on July 19,
2012. No world country recognizes Nagorno-Karabakh as independent
and sovereign state.
The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988
when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Armenian
armed forces have occupied 20 per cent of Azerbaijan since 1992,
including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and seven surrounding districts.
Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a ceasefire agreement in 1994. The
co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group - Russia, France and the U.S. -
are currently holding peace negotiations.
Armenia has not yet implemented the U.N. Security Council's four
resolutions on the liberation of the Nagorno-Karabakh and the
surrounding regions.