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MAMMADYAROV CASTS DOUBT ON LAVROV'S KNOWLEDGE OF UN SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTIONS
arminfo
Wednesday, April 4, 15:07
ArmInfo-Turan. The "status quo" does not meet the interests of
either Azerbaijan or Armenia. The latter seeks to get access to the
outside world. "The ultimate goal is to address specific people. I
disagree with the opinion that the negotiations do not take into
account the interests of Azerbaijani refugees. The mediators have
always paid special attention to the problem of refugees' return,"
Foreign Minister of Russia Sergey Lavrov said at the meeting with
his Azerbaijani counterpart in Baku, Tuesday.
Lavrov also disagreed with the view that the four UN Security Council
resolutions on Nagorno Karabakh conflict are not fulfilled. He said
that the resolutions were adopted at the height of the conflict,
and the goal was to stop the military actions, and this objective has
been achieved. Afterwards the Minsk Group was set up and led by Russia
and the United States, and then France joined them. Lavrov stressed
that the parties themselves have agreed to resolve the conflict in
the format of OSCE Minsk Group.
Mammadyarov, in turn, kindly corrected his colleague, recalling
that the UN Security Council resolutions demanded immediate and
unconditional withdrawal of the Armenian troops from "the occupied
territories of Azerbaijan." Mammadyarov noted that the UN Security
Council resolutions "do not have a period of limitation" and Azerbaijan
considers their fulfillment necessary. He also noted that Azerbaijan
understands and accepts that within the OSCE Minsk Group the process
should be continued and brought to its logical conclusion - the legal
status of Nagorno-Karabakh. "These are links in a chain", said the
Azerbaijani minister.
Since 1992 the OSCE Minsk Group represented by co-chairs from Russia,
U.S. and France has been mediating in resolution of the conflict
unleashed by Azerbaijan in 1988. At present the peace process is
based on the Madrid Principles suggested by the OSCE MG in 2007 in
Madrid and renovated in 2009.
arminfo
Wednesday, April 4, 15:07
ArmInfo-Turan. The "status quo" does not meet the interests of
either Azerbaijan or Armenia. The latter seeks to get access to the
outside world. "The ultimate goal is to address specific people. I
disagree with the opinion that the negotiations do not take into
account the interests of Azerbaijani refugees. The mediators have
always paid special attention to the problem of refugees' return,"
Foreign Minister of Russia Sergey Lavrov said at the meeting with
his Azerbaijani counterpart in Baku, Tuesday.
Lavrov also disagreed with the view that the four UN Security Council
resolutions on Nagorno Karabakh conflict are not fulfilled. He said
that the resolutions were adopted at the height of the conflict,
and the goal was to stop the military actions, and this objective has
been achieved. Afterwards the Minsk Group was set up and led by Russia
and the United States, and then France joined them. Lavrov stressed
that the parties themselves have agreed to resolve the conflict in
the format of OSCE Minsk Group.
Mammadyarov, in turn, kindly corrected his colleague, recalling
that the UN Security Council resolutions demanded immediate and
unconditional withdrawal of the Armenian troops from "the occupied
territories of Azerbaijan." Mammadyarov noted that the UN Security
Council resolutions "do not have a period of limitation" and Azerbaijan
considers their fulfillment necessary. He also noted that Azerbaijan
understands and accepts that within the OSCE Minsk Group the process
should be continued and brought to its logical conclusion - the legal
status of Nagorno-Karabakh. "These are links in a chain", said the
Azerbaijani minister.
Since 1992 the OSCE Minsk Group represented by co-chairs from Russia,
U.S. and France has been mediating in resolution of the conflict
unleashed by Azerbaijan in 1988. At present the peace process is
based on the Madrid Principles suggested by the OSCE MG in 2007 in
Madrid and renovated in 2009.