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BAKU URGES U.S. TO BE NEUTRAL IN NAGORNO-KARABAKH CONFLICT
AzerNews, Azerbaijan
May 5 2014
5 May 2014, 13:40 (GMT+05:00)
By Sara Rajabova
Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry called on the United States to stand
neutral in the negotiation process of the Armenian-Azerbaijani
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
"The U.S. mission needs to be a neutral broker," Azerbaijani Foreign
Ministry`s spokesman Elman Abdullayev told Trend Agency on May 3.
Abdullayev referred to the meeting between American co-chair of
the OSCE Minsk Group, James Warlick and the representatives of the
Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) on May 2.
"During its mission as a mediator to resolve the Nagorno-Karabakh
conflict, the United States should take only facts into account,"
Abdullayev said.
He noted that the facts of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict are known
to the international community.
"The conflict amounts to the occupation of Azerbaijani territories
and committing bloody ethnic cleansing against Azerbaijanis. The
international organizations condemn Armenia for the policy of
occupation. Unfortunately, Armenia continues its aggressive policies
and ignores the international community's documents and decisions in
this regard," Abdullayev said.
He expressed hope that the U.S. will not succumb to the pressure from
the Armenian lobby.
Armenia occupied over 20 percent of Azerbaijan's internationally
recognized territory, including Nagorno-Karabakh and seven adjacent
regions, after laying territorial claims against its South Caucasus
neighbor that caused a brutal war in the early 1990s.
As a result of the military aggression of Armenia, over 20,000
Azerbaijanis were killed, 4,866 are reported missing and almost
100,000 were injured, and 50,000 were disabled.
The UN Security Council has passed four resolutions on Armenian
withdrawal from the Azerbaijani territory, but they have not been
enforced to this day.
Peace talks, mediated by Russia, France and the U.S. through the OSCE
Minsk Group, are underway on the basis of a peace outline proposed
by the Minsk Group co-chairs and dubbed the Madrid Principles. The
negotiations have been largely fruitless so far.
http://www.azernews.az/azerbaijan/66713.html
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
AzerNews, Azerbaijan
May 5 2014
5 May 2014, 13:40 (GMT+05:00)
By Sara Rajabova
Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry called on the United States to stand
neutral in the negotiation process of the Armenian-Azerbaijani
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
"The U.S. mission needs to be a neutral broker," Azerbaijani Foreign
Ministry`s spokesman Elman Abdullayev told Trend Agency on May 3.
Abdullayev referred to the meeting between American co-chair of
the OSCE Minsk Group, James Warlick and the representatives of the
Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) on May 2.
"During its mission as a mediator to resolve the Nagorno-Karabakh
conflict, the United States should take only facts into account,"
Abdullayev said.
He noted that the facts of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict are known
to the international community.
"The conflict amounts to the occupation of Azerbaijani territories
and committing bloody ethnic cleansing against Azerbaijanis. The
international organizations condemn Armenia for the policy of
occupation. Unfortunately, Armenia continues its aggressive policies
and ignores the international community's documents and decisions in
this regard," Abdullayev said.
He expressed hope that the U.S. will not succumb to the pressure from
the Armenian lobby.
Armenia occupied over 20 percent of Azerbaijan's internationally
recognized territory, including Nagorno-Karabakh and seven adjacent
regions, after laying territorial claims against its South Caucasus
neighbor that caused a brutal war in the early 1990s.
As a result of the military aggression of Armenia, over 20,000
Azerbaijanis were killed, 4,866 are reported missing and almost
100,000 were injured, and 50,000 were disabled.
The UN Security Council has passed four resolutions on Armenian
withdrawal from the Azerbaijani territory, but they have not been
enforced to this day.
Peace talks, mediated by Russia, France and the U.S. through the OSCE
Minsk Group, are underway on the basis of a peace outline proposed
by the Minsk Group co-chairs and dubbed the Madrid Principles. The
negotiations have been largely fruitless so far.
http://www.azernews.az/azerbaijan/66713.html
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress