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    Trend Daily News (Azerbaijan)
    December 24, 2010 Friday 2:48 PM GMT +4


    FM: Armenia should prepare people for inevitability of restoring
    territorial integrity of Azerbaijan

    Azerbaijan, Baku, Dec. 24 / Trend E.Tariverdiyeva /

    The fact that the Armenian Parliamentary Vice-Speaker focuses on the
    UN Charter in resolution of the Armenian-Azerbaijani Nagorno-Karabakh
    conflict and appeals to it wins approve, Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry
    spokesman Elkhan Polukhov told Trend. He commented on the statement
    made by Armenian Parliamentary Vice-Speaker and member of the
    Republican Party Samvel Nikoyan.

    2010 was active from the point of the Karabakh settlement process,
    Nikoyan said in an interview with Panorama.am summarizing the past
    year.

    "The negotiation process was continued, though not always with
    significant results. I would like to note the statements made by
    representatives of Russia, France and the United States at the OSCE
    Astana summit and the five-sided statement signed at the summit. This
    is the first document, which contains a clear reference to the UN
    Charter, which noted the right of nations to self-determination not
    only as a principle, but as a goal," he said.

    The fact that the Armenian MP, certainly, is familiar with all the
    contents of the UN Charter and, in particular, Chapter

    5 entitled "Security Council" which clearly states in Article 24: "To
    ensure prompt and effective action by the UN, its Members confer on
    the Security Council primary responsibility for the maintenance of
    international peace and agree that in carrying out its duties under
    this responsibility the Security Council acts on their behalf, " wins
    approval, Polukhov said.

    And further, Polukhov said, the Article 25 declared: "Members of the
    United Nations agree, in accordance with the present Charter, to
    comply with the Security Council decisions and fulfill them."

    "In accordance with Nikoyan's logic, the Armenian side must
    unconditionally submit the demands of the UN Charter and implement the
    Security Councils' Resolutions 822, 853, 874 and 884 requiring the
    withdrawal of the Armenian armed forces from occupied Azerbaijani
    territories," Polukhov said. "Does Armenian deputy speaker need a
    better explanation on this issue or the Armenian political elite
    prefers half-hearted arguments out of context? "

    In addition, it would be better for Nokoyan to re-read Article 51 of
    Chapter 7, which reflects the inherent right of individual or
    collective self-defense if an armed attack occurs against a Member of
    the United Nations.


    "Apparently, amid the international arena's increasing support to
    Azerbaijan's just position in the resolution of the
    Armenian-Azerbaijani Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, Armenian political
    leaders have to frantically search for exculpatory arguments for their
    own people, "he said.


    "After all, how to explain to ordinary people, who have become
    hostages of politics pursued by the Armenian authorities, the European
    Parliament's "Resolution on the need to develop European Union
    Strategy in the South Caucasus", which expresses demand for the
    withdrawal of Armenian armed forces from the Azerbaijani occupied
    territories, adopted in May, 2010 or Paragraph 34 of NATO's strategic
    concept adopted in Lisbon, which clearly stated support for the
    sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity of States? "
    Polukhov said.

    And all of this, he said, took place on the background of the economic
    situation worsening each day in Armenia and the growing power of
    Azerbaijan.

    Nikoyan would have better not to seek a legal justification of the
    continuing occupation, but begin to prepare their voters to the
    inevitability of restoring the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan and
    need for the withdrawal of the occupation troops from the neighboring
    country for the peaceful resolution of this conflict.


    "Just doing so, the economy of his country might withdraw from the
    deep stagnation, and he will be able to fulfill promises to improve
    the socio-economic situation of citizens, which he, as a deputy,
    certainly gave to his voters," Polukhov said.

    The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988
    when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Armenian
    armed forces have occupied 20 percent of Azerbaijan since 1992,
    including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and 7 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 the 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.




    From: A. Papazian
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