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AZERBAIJANI PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE ADDRESSES LETTER ON NAGORNO-KARABAKH TO UN SECRETARY-GENERAL
Trend
June 1 2012
Azerbaijan
Permanent Representative of Azerbaijan to the United Nations Agshin
Mehdiyev has sent a letter on the situation with international legal
rights of the Azerbaijani internally displaced persons and the Republic
of Armenia's responsibility, the report on the website of the UN News
Centre says.
The letter mentions the violation of the rights of the citizens of the
Republic of Azerbaijan by their forcible displacement (or expulsion
or deportation) from the occupied territories of the Republic of
Azerbaijan (Nagorno-Karabakh and surrounding areas) by the armed forces
of the Republic of Armenia or by subordinate forces for which it is
internationally responsible. It also mentions the violation of the
principle of non-discrimination in regard to Azerbaijani internally
displaced persons, including the implantation of ethnic Armenian
settlers in the occupied territories of Azerbaijan, as well as the
prevention of access of Azerbaijani internally displaced persons to
their property in the occupied territories by Armenia and those for
whom it is responsible.
Annex to the letter has a point about the right of return
of Azerbaijani internally displaced persons to their homes in
internationally recognized territory of the Republic of Azerbaijan,
as well as the consequences flowing from the violation of the rights
of the Azerbaijani internally displaced persons, including restitution
and compensation.
The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988
when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Armenian
armed forces have occupied 20 per cent 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 US -
are currently holding 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.
Trend
June 1 2012
Azerbaijan
Permanent Representative of Azerbaijan to the United Nations Agshin
Mehdiyev has sent a letter on the situation with international legal
rights of the Azerbaijani internally displaced persons and the Republic
of Armenia's responsibility, the report on the website of the UN News
Centre says.
The letter mentions the violation of the rights of the citizens of the
Republic of Azerbaijan by their forcible displacement (or expulsion
or deportation) from the occupied territories of the Republic of
Azerbaijan (Nagorno-Karabakh and surrounding areas) by the armed forces
of the Republic of Armenia or by subordinate forces for which it is
internationally responsible. It also mentions the violation of the
principle of non-discrimination in regard to Azerbaijani internally
displaced persons, including the implantation of ethnic Armenian
settlers in the occupied territories of Azerbaijan, as well as the
prevention of access of Azerbaijani internally displaced persons to
their property in the occupied territories by Armenia and those for
whom it is responsible.
Annex to the letter has a point about the right of return
of Azerbaijani internally displaced persons to their homes in
internationally recognized territory of the Republic of Azerbaijan,
as well as the consequences flowing from the violation of the rights
of the Azerbaijani internally displaced persons, including restitution
and compensation.
The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988
when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Armenian
armed forces have occupied 20 per cent 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 US -
are currently holding 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.