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    REPRESENTATIVE OF AZERBAIJAN REJECTS ARMENIAN FM'S ACCUSATIONS

    AzerTag, Azerbaijan
    Sept 29 2006

    On September 27, representative of Azerbaijan exercised the Right of
    Reply on the last day of the general debates at the 61st session of
    the United Nations General Assembly to make some things clear about
    the statements made by Armenia's Foreign Minister Vardan Oskanian at
    the General Assembly.

    Representative of Azerbaijan stated that Azerbaijan regrets about
    the fact that Armenia's Foreign Minister uses the UN General Assembly
    rostrum to speak aggressively about things that could harm the conflict
    resolution process.

    According to Azerbaijani diplomat, Azerbaijani side had to reply to his
    rhetoric full of accusations to reveal that Armenian side's extremely
    aggressive statements do not agree with respective resolutions and
    decisions of the UN Security Council, Council of Europe, Organization
    of the Islamic Conference, OSCE and other international organizations.

    On Armenian Minister's false accusations of destruction of Armenian
    monuments in the Azerbaijani lands, Azerbaijani representative said
    the country suggested sending Council of Europe's fact-finding mission
    to the region but received no official answer on this matter from
    the Armenian Government.

    Vardan Oskanian said in his address that Armenian community of
    Nagorno-Karabakh allegedly exercised its right to self-determination to
    break away from Azerbaijan. Azerbaijani representative regarded this
    statement as Armenia's attempt to hide the ethnic cleansing committed
    in the occupied territories of Azerbaijan by abusing international
    legal principles.

    The Diplomat reminded UN member countries of the fact that "Declaration
    on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples"
    of December 14, 1960 and Declaration on Principles of International
    Law Concerning Friendly Relations And Cooperation Among States of
    1970. Declaration and Programme of Action adopted by World Conference
    on Human Rights clearly indicate that self-determination may not
    be construed as authorizing or encouraging any action which would
    dismember or impair the territorial integrity of sovereign and
    independent states.

    In accordance with these documents, self-determination is the right
    of the whole population living in the certain area. They can exercise
    this right only in a peaceful way by strengthening the political
    unity, sovereignty and territorial integrity of the state. Armenia
    as an UN member must comply with these rules regulating interstate
    relations. Ensuring the participation of both Armenian and Azerbaijani
    communities in the democratic and legal process, Azerbaijan is ready
    to grant the highest status of autonomy to Nagorno-Karabakh within
    its borders.

    Summarizing his address, representative of Azerbaijan stressed that
    Oskanian's accusations highlighted the need for raising the UN's
    awareness of the situation in the occupied Azerbaijani lands. The
    General Assembly must know who the aggressor and the victim of
    aggression is. To this end, Azerbaijan will use all tools and
    mechanisms at its disposal.
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