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FOREIGN MINISTRY: AZERBAIJAN SENDS PROTEST NOTE TO URUGUAY
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Nov 14 2012
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan has sent a protest note to Uruguay due to the recent
statements made by this country's MP and his illegal visit to the
occupied territories of Azerbaijan, Spokesman of Azerbaijani Foreign
Ministry Elman Abdullayev said at a briefing on Wednesday.
"The visit of several Uruguayan MPs does not change anything except
escalate the situation. Armenian forces are behind it and it harms
the negotiating process. Armenia realises that Azerbaijan is able to
return its territories back, but at this stage it adheres to peaceful
solutions to the conflict. Azerbaijan is able to return its lands,"
Abdullayev said.
He said unfortunately some foreign MPs have turned this into a kind
of tool for the Armenian side and so harms the peace process.
"Uruguay should realise that such steps are dangerous to the fragile
peace process. All should realise that sooner or later Azerbaijan
will restore its territorial integrity," he said.
Abdullayev said that the Azerbaijani Embassy in Argentina, also
accredited to Uruguay, is instructed to present a protest note to
the Foreign Ministry of Uruguay.
If MPs from Uruguay illegally visit the occupied territories, then
it means that they are disrespectful to the violation of rights of
refugees and IDPs, Abdullayev said.
Uruguay could become the first country to recognise the independence of
the separatist Nagorno-Karabakh, co-chairman of the Armenian-Uruguayan
inter-parliamentary friendship group and member of the Commission on
Foreign Relations of Uruguay's Parliament, Ruben Martínez Huelmo said
on Tuesday night in Khankendi, ARKA reported.
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.
From: Baghdasarian
Trend
Nov 14 2012
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan has sent a protest note to Uruguay due to the recent
statements made by this country's MP and his illegal visit to the
occupied territories of Azerbaijan, Spokesman of Azerbaijani Foreign
Ministry Elman Abdullayev said at a briefing on Wednesday.
"The visit of several Uruguayan MPs does not change anything except
escalate the situation. Armenian forces are behind it and it harms
the negotiating process. Armenia realises that Azerbaijan is able to
return its territories back, but at this stage it adheres to peaceful
solutions to the conflict. Azerbaijan is able to return its lands,"
Abdullayev said.
He said unfortunately some foreign MPs have turned this into a kind
of tool for the Armenian side and so harms the peace process.
"Uruguay should realise that such steps are dangerous to the fragile
peace process. All should realise that sooner or later Azerbaijan
will restore its territorial integrity," he said.
Abdullayev said that the Azerbaijani Embassy in Argentina, also
accredited to Uruguay, is instructed to present a protest note to
the Foreign Ministry of Uruguay.
If MPs from Uruguay illegally visit the occupied territories, then
it means that they are disrespectful to the violation of rights of
refugees and IDPs, Abdullayev said.
Uruguay could become the first country to recognise the independence of
the separatist Nagorno-Karabakh, co-chairman of the Armenian-Uruguayan
inter-parliamentary friendship group and member of the Commission on
Foreign Relations of Uruguay's Parliament, Ruben Martínez Huelmo said
on Tuesday night in Khankendi, ARKA reported.
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.
From: Baghdasarian