Tweet
Trend, Azerbaijan
Feb 6 2014
AFFA protests participation of separatist Nagorno-Karabakh football
team at world championship among unrecognised countries
Baku, Azerbaijan, Feb. 6
Trend:
The Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan (AFFA) has
protested to the Confederation of Independent Football Federations
(ConiFA) in connection with the planned participation of a football
team from the separatist regime of Nagorno-Karabakh in the world
championship among unrecognised countries, AFFA reported on Feb. 6.
ConiFA disseminated the information for holding the first World Cup
among unrecognised countries on June 1-8. A team of the separatist
Nagorno-Karabakh was also invited. In this regard, AFFA has sent a
letter of protest to ConiFA.
The separatist regime was created on Azerbaijani territory occupied by
Armenia and it has not been recognised by any international
organisation or the country, according to the letter.
Letters of protest were also sent to the Swedish Football Federation
where the championship will be held, as well as to FİFA.
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.
Translated by NH
Edited by CN and SM
http://en.trend.az/news/karabakh/2238728.html
From: A. Papazian
Feb 6 2014
AFFA protests participation of separatist Nagorno-Karabakh football
team at world championship among unrecognised countries
Baku, Azerbaijan, Feb. 6
Trend:
The Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan (AFFA) has
protested to the Confederation of Independent Football Federations
(ConiFA) in connection with the planned participation of a football
team from the separatist regime of Nagorno-Karabakh in the world
championship among unrecognised countries, AFFA reported on Feb. 6.
ConiFA disseminated the information for holding the first World Cup
among unrecognised countries on June 1-8. A team of the separatist
Nagorno-Karabakh was also invited. In this regard, AFFA has sent a
letter of protest to ConiFA.
The separatist regime was created on Azerbaijani territory occupied by
Armenia and it has not been recognised by any international
organisation or the country, according to the letter.
Letters of protest were also sent to the Swedish Football Federation
where the championship will be held, as well as to FİFA.
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.
Translated by NH
Edited by CN and SM
http://en.trend.az/news/karabakh/2238728.html
From: A. Papazian