MP: AZERBAIJANI PARLIAMENT MUST VOICE PROTEST TO URUGUAY’S LEADERSHIP
Trend
Nov 14 2012
Azerbaijan
The Azerbaijani parliament must protest against recent statements
of Uruguay’s MP and his illegal visit to the Azerbaijani occupied
territories, Azerbaijani MP Ganira Pashayeva said at a plenary session
of the Parliament today.
“The Uruguay’s MPs actions show disrespect towards the Azerbaijani
people,” Pashayeva said. “They are contrary to international
standards and have a negative impact on the settlement of the
Armenian-Azerbaijani Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. The Foreign Ministry
is taking the necessary measures. However Parliament must lodge a
protest to Uruguay’s leadership.”
Uruguay may become the first country which recognises the independence
of the separatist Nagorno-Karabakh, head of the Armenian-Uruguayan
inter-parliamentary friendship group and member of the Committee on
Foreign Relations of Uruguay’s Parliament Ruben Martínez Huelmo said
in Khankendi, ARKA 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 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.