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AZERBAIJANI MP URGES MOVE TO IMPOSE SANCTIONS AGAINST ARMENIA
Trend
June 22 2012
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan's ruling party has called on international organisations
to impose political sanctions against Armenia.
"It is time for international organisations to take a tough stance
in connection with the so-called elections held in the separatist
Nagorno-Karabakh region and impose political sanctions," deputy
executive secretary of the ruling New Azerbaijan party, MP Mubariz
Gurbanli told media today. "In this case I hope Armenia will not
allow such fraudulent elections in the future."
He said that as 20 per cent of Azerbaijani territory has been occupied
by Armenia, holding any elections in the territory contradicts
international legal norms and principles.
"There are occupied territories not only in Azerbaijan, but in other
countries," he said. "In this regard, international conventions and
decisions adopted by the UN and other international organisations
prohibit the holding of elections in occupied territories."
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 U.S. -
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 22 2012
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan's ruling party has called on international organisations
to impose political sanctions against Armenia.
"It is time for international organisations to take a tough stance
in connection with the so-called elections held in the separatist
Nagorno-Karabakh region and impose political sanctions," deputy
executive secretary of the ruling New Azerbaijan party, MP Mubariz
Gurbanli told media today. "In this case I hope Armenia will not
allow such fraudulent elections in the future."
He said that as 20 per cent of Azerbaijani territory has been occupied
by Armenia, holding any elections in the territory contradicts
international legal norms and principles.
"There are occupied territories not only in Azerbaijan, but in other
countries," he said. "In this regard, international conventions and
decisions adopted by the UN and other international organisations
prohibit the holding of elections in occupied territories."
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 U.S. -
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.