Trend, Azerbaijan
Nov 19 2011
Foreign Ministry: Switzerland never questioned Azerbaijan’s
territorial integrity
BY: S. Agayeva, Trend News Agency, Baku, Azerbaijan
Nov. 19–Switzerland does not recognize “Nagorno Karabakh’s
independence” and never questioned Azerbaijan’s territorial integrity,
the Swiss Foreign Ministry reported.
“The Foreign Ministry of Switzerland has appealed to the Azerbaijani
Embassy to Switzerland and stated that the declaration initiated in
the PACE is not the official position of the Swiss State and
Parliament,” Elman Abdullayev, Press Secretary of the Foreign Minister
of Azerbaijan, told Trend on Friday.
As reported earlier by Armenian media, 32 deputies of the
Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) allegedly
including a Swiss deputy some days ago signed up to a statement
devoted to the 20th anniversary of Nagorno Karabakh breakaway regime’s
independence.
“Switzerland hopes for a progress in the process of finding a
negotiated solution of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict,” the Swiss
Foreign Ministry reported.
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 the 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.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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