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PRESIDENT OF AZERBAIJAN ACCUSES ARMENIA OF VIOLATING CONFIDENTIALITY OF NEGOTIATIONS ON NAGORNO-KARABAKH CONFLICT
Trend News Agency, Azerbaijan
May 4 2007
Azerbaijan, Baku / corr. Trend A.Ismaylova, E.Huseynov / Armenia broke
the agreement on confidentiality of the negotiations process on the
peaceful settlement of Armenian-Azerbaijani Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
The President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, stated on 4 May in the
opening of a special settlement for internally displaced persons
in the Ramani settlement of Sabunchu district of Baku that the
senior officials of Armenia have distorted the information on the
negotiations process. According to the President, it may be as a
result from the internal situation of Armenia it being on the eve
of their parliamentary elections. Aliyev did not specify which items
the Armenian side had violated the confidentiality process.
The conflict between the two countries of South Caucasus appeared in
1988 due to the territorial claims of Armenia against Azerbaijan.
Armenia has occupied 20% of the Azerbaijani land including the
Nagorno-Karabakh region and seven Districts of the country surrounding
it. Since 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) holds peaceful negotiations.
The President of Azerbaijan was asked a question "if indeed the
negotiations are going on in favor of Armenia as they said, why did
they decide to terminate the negotiations on the eve of the elections".
According to the State Head of Azerbaijan, there is a common agreement
on returning seven occupied districts of Azerbaijan gradually, after
which it is intended to return the Azerbaijanis wholly to their
native land. It is the principal position of Azerbaijan. Aliyev
stressed that these proposals have been accepted by Armenia and
mediators of the negotiations. The President stated that the status of
Nagorno-Karabakh may be discussed only within the territorial integrity
of Azerbaijan. In addition, Azerbaijan does not protest against the
initiative of Armenia to place peacekeepers in the territory.
Trend News Agency, Azerbaijan
May 4 2007
Azerbaijan, Baku / corr. Trend A.Ismaylova, E.Huseynov / Armenia broke
the agreement on confidentiality of the negotiations process on the
peaceful settlement of Armenian-Azerbaijani Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
The President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, stated on 4 May in the
opening of a special settlement for internally displaced persons
in the Ramani settlement of Sabunchu district of Baku that the
senior officials of Armenia have distorted the information on the
negotiations process. According to the President, it may be as a
result from the internal situation of Armenia it being on the eve
of their parliamentary elections. Aliyev did not specify which items
the Armenian side had violated the confidentiality process.
The conflict between the two countries of South Caucasus appeared in
1988 due to the territorial claims of Armenia against Azerbaijan.
Armenia has occupied 20% of the Azerbaijani land including the
Nagorno-Karabakh region and seven Districts of the country surrounding
it. Since 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) holds peaceful negotiations.
The President of Azerbaijan was asked a question "if indeed the
negotiations are going on in favor of Armenia as they said, why did
they decide to terminate the negotiations on the eve of the elections".
According to the State Head of Azerbaijan, there is a common agreement
on returning seven occupied districts of Azerbaijan gradually, after
which it is intended to return the Azerbaijanis wholly to their
native land. It is the principal position of Azerbaijan. Aliyev
stressed that these proposals have been accepted by Armenia and
mediators of the negotiations. The President stated that the status of
Nagorno-Karabakh may be discussed only within the territorial integrity
of Azerbaijan. In addition, Azerbaijan does not protest against the
initiative of Armenia to place peacekeepers in the territory.