FM SAYS ANY ACTIVITY TO CHANGE OCCUPIED AZERBAIJANI TERRITORIES’ INFRASTRUCTURE ILLEGAL

Trend
Nov 25 2011
Azerbaijan

Any activity aimed at changing occupied Azerbaijani territories’
infrastructure is illegal, Azerbaijani Deputy Foreign Minister Araz
Azimov told journalists on Friday.

He said from this point of view, the construction of any road in
Kalbajar region and other initiatives are contrary to the Geneva
Convention.

Azimov said it is not the first case of violation of international
conventions by Armenia.

“It will be another such step of Yerevan. However, the Armenian
leadership should know that it will be responsible for all the
actions,” Azimov said.

The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988
when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Armenian
armed forces have occupied 20 percent 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.

According to Azimov, Armenian side states that it accepted the Kazan
document.

“But I want to say that in January 2010, President Serzh Sargsyan
rejected the so-called updated Madrid principles and the document,
proposed by the OSCE Minsk Group co-chair countries. Then one of
the co-chairs made a number of proposals. Because of the discrepancy
Azerbaijan has not accepted them. The Armenian side’s claims on the
Kazan meeting are simply baseless and far from reality,” Azimov said.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress