ARMENIA, AZERBAIJAN STILL FAIL TO CO-ORDINATE TWO MAJOR ELEMENTS – AZERI FM
Author: A.Ismayilova
TREND Information, Azerbaijan
Sept 26 2006
Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov made a statement for
the General Debate of the 61st session of the UN General Assembly
on 25 September 2006, Trend reports. At the outset, Mammadyarov
congratulated the participants in the Assembly with the election to
the post of the President of UN General Assembly.
The situation in the occupied territory of Azerbaijan recently has
become a subject of urgent consideration by the General Assembly due
to massive fires registered in those areas. The Assembly adopted a
resolution, without a vote, stressing the necessity to conduct an
urgent environmental operation with a view to suppressing the fires,
overcoming their detrimental impact and rehabilitating the affected
territories.
"The resolution has a two-fold purpose. On the one hand, it envisages
a number of practical steps to counteract the fires, while on the
other hand, it serves to attract the parties to the Nagorno-Karabakh
conflict, which will help in the implementation of the resolution
and create mutual confidence, which will undoubtedly have a positive
impact on the talks process. It is only a temporary achievement’
the Minister stressed.
Mammadyarov stated that there are still two elements that the
parties are still to co-ordinate. This is the issue of a status for
Nagorno-Karabakh and the withdrawal of the Armenia forces from the
occupied territory of Azerbaijan. There is a general agreement in that
the status should be defined with the participation of representatives
of both Armenian and Azerbaijani communities. From this end, the
Armenian armed forces should step away from their current positions
and residents of the occupied territories should be repatriated.
Furthermore, the Minister touched upon the admission of a unified
resolution by GUAM countries on resolving static conflicts,
the economic situation in Azerbaijan, Azerbaijan’s activities
at the Organization of the Islamic Countries (OIC), the upgrade
of relationships between the UN and Azerbaijan, as well as
inter-civilization problems.