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REFERENDUM ON STATUS OF NAGORNO-KARABAKH SHOULD BE HELD THROUGHOUT AZERBAIJAN : AZERBAIJANI FOREIGN MINISTER
TREND News Agency, Azerbaijan
June 5 2007
Azerbaijan, Baku / corr Trend A.Ismayilova / Elmar Mammadyarov, the
Azerbaijani Foreign Minister, stated on 5 June that a referendum on the
status of Nagorno-Karabakh should be carried out throughout Azerbaijan.
Mammadyarov stated that only holding the referendum in the territory
of Nagorno-Karabakh contradicts the Constitution of Azerbaijan. In
talks with journalists, he also stated that at the moment the issue
on the returning of Lachin District has been co-ordinated, while the
issue on the corridor is still questionable. The minister stated that
exceptional changes should not be expected after the meeting of the
Presidents of Azerbaijan and Armenia in St. Petersburg to be held on
9 June.
Should an agreement be reached between Azerbaijan and Armenia on the
resolution of the conflict over the next 6 months, an international
expert group will be dispatched to the region to oversee the
rehabilitation of these areas.
The conflict between the two countries of the South Caucasus appeared
in 1988 due to the territorial claims of Armenia against Azerbaijan.
Armenia has occupied 20% of the Azerbaijani lands including the
Nagorno-Karabakh region and seven districts of the country surrounding
it. From 1992 to the present time, these territories have been under
the occupation of the Armenian Forces. In 1994, Azerbaijan and Armenia
signed a cease-fire agreement at which time the active hostilities
ended. The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group ( Russia, France and USA)
are presently holding peaceful negotiations.
TREND News Agency, Azerbaijan
June 5 2007
Azerbaijan, Baku / corr Trend A.Ismayilova / Elmar Mammadyarov, the
Azerbaijani Foreign Minister, stated on 5 June that a referendum on the
status of Nagorno-Karabakh should be carried out throughout Azerbaijan.
Mammadyarov stated that only holding the referendum in the territory
of Nagorno-Karabakh contradicts the Constitution of Azerbaijan. In
talks with journalists, he also stated that at the moment the issue
on the returning of Lachin District has been co-ordinated, while the
issue on the corridor is still questionable. The minister stated that
exceptional changes should not be expected after the meeting of the
Presidents of Azerbaijan and Armenia in St. Petersburg to be held on
9 June.
Should an agreement be reached between Azerbaijan and Armenia on the
resolution of the conflict over the next 6 months, an international
expert group will be dispatched to the region to oversee the
rehabilitation of these areas.
The conflict between the two countries of the South Caucasus appeared
in 1988 due to the territorial claims of Armenia against Azerbaijan.
Armenia has occupied 20% of the Azerbaijani lands including the
Nagorno-Karabakh region and seven districts of the country surrounding
it. From 1992 to the present time, these territories have been under
the occupation of the Armenian Forces. In 1994, Azerbaijan and Armenia
signed a cease-fire agreement at which time the active hostilities
ended. The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group ( Russia, France and USA)
are presently holding peaceful negotiations.