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December 23, 2010 Thursday 5:39 PM GMT +4
Deputy PM accuses several countries of absence of interest in
resolving Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
Azerbaijan, Baku, Dec.23 / Trend M. Aliyev /
Azerbaijani Deputy Prime Minister, head of the State Refugees and IDP
Committee Ali Hasanov accused the international organizations and
several countries of the absence of interest in resolving the
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
"International organizations and several countries are not interested
in resolving the Armenian-Azerbaijani Nagorno-Karabakh conflict," Ali
Hasanov said on Thursday.
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 seven surrounding districts.
Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a ceasefire agreement in 1994. The
co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group - Russia, France, and the United
States - are currently holding the peace negotiations.
Armenia has not yet implemented the U.N. Security Council's four
resolutions on the liberation of Nagorno Karabakh and the surrounding
regions.
The presence of a conflict in this region meets several countries'
interests, as countries that received the sovereignty after the
collapse of the Soviet Union became dependent on them, Hasanov said.
According to him, thus the international organizations and some
countries were able to rule the region with a view to using natural
resources.
The past 20 years, he said, showed that international organizations
are at times interested in the unresolved conflict more than Armenia.
"Today the Azerbaijani people, including refugees and internally
displaced persons set all the hopes associated with the resolution of
the Nagorno-Karabakh on the Azerbaijani President's policy," Hasanov
said.
From: A. Papazian
December 23, 2010 Thursday 5:39 PM GMT +4
Deputy PM accuses several countries of absence of interest in
resolving Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
Azerbaijan, Baku, Dec.23 / Trend M. Aliyev /
Azerbaijani Deputy Prime Minister, head of the State Refugees and IDP
Committee Ali Hasanov accused the international organizations and
several countries of the absence of interest in resolving the
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
"International organizations and several countries are not interested
in resolving the Armenian-Azerbaijani Nagorno-Karabakh conflict," Ali
Hasanov said on Thursday.
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 seven surrounding districts.
Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a ceasefire agreement in 1994. The
co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group - Russia, France, and the United
States - are currently holding the peace negotiations.
Armenia has not yet implemented the U.N. Security Council's four
resolutions on the liberation of Nagorno Karabakh and the surrounding
regions.
The presence of a conflict in this region meets several countries'
interests, as countries that received the sovereignty after the
collapse of the Soviet Union became dependent on them, Hasanov said.
According to him, thus the international organizations and some
countries were able to rule the region with a view to using natural
resources.
The past 20 years, he said, showed that international organizations
are at times interested in the unresolved conflict more than Armenia.
"Today the Azerbaijani people, including refugees and internally
displaced persons set all the hopes associated with the resolution of
the Nagorno-Karabakh on the Azerbaijani President's policy," Hasanov
said.
From: A. Papazian