GUAM COUNCIL OF MINISTERS OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS CONDEMNS PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IN NAGORNY KARABAKH
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2007-07-11 08:47:00
The GUAM Council of Ministers of Foreign Affaires expresses its deep
concern over presidential election scheduled for 19 July 2007in Nagorny
karabakh Republic. The Council stresses that the elections represent
a serious violation of the Constitution of the Republic of Azerbaijan
as well as of relevant norms and principles of the International
Law. These election must be considered as null and void, and their
results cannot have any legal consequences, the ministers say.
"Legal elections can be held in Nagorno-Karabakh region only after its
re-integration into the political, legal, social and economic system
of the Republic of Azerbaijan, its full rehabilitation, the return
of displaced persons to the places of their permanent residence,
restoration of transport communications and ensuring the peaceful
co- existence and cooperation between the Armenian and Azerbaijani
communities in this region," the Council says.
" The GUAM Council of Ministers of Foreign Affaires calls on the
international community to unequivocally condemn such an illegal
act and to support the ongoing efforts aimed at finding a peaceful
resolution to the conflict on the basis of the territorial integrity
of Azerbaijan within its internationally recognized borders," the
Council says.