MP: AZERBAIJAN READY TO REGAIN ITS LAND IF ARMENIA FAILS TO TAKE CONSTRUCTIVE STANCE
AzerNews, Azerbaijan
Oct 22 2013
22 October 2013, 11:11 (GMT+05:00)
By Sara Rajabova
Armenia should realize that if it does not take a constructive position
and the Nagorno-Karabakh issue is not resolved peacefully, Azerbaijan
is ready to return all of its native lands, an Azerbaijani lawmaker
said on October 21.
Rovshan Rzayev, a board member of the Azerbaijani Community of the
Nagorno-Karabakh Region of the Azerbaijan Republic public union, made
the remarks while commenting on the words of Azerbaijani President
Ilham Aliyev regarding the strategic goal of regaining all the
historical Azerbaijani territories, which were stated during his
inauguration ceremony.
Rzayev said Azerbaijan has the entrire potential to resolve this
issue in the nearest future.
“Zangazur and Goycha are historical Azerbaijani lands, and the opposite
side should understand that Azerbaijan will ensure its territorial
integrity in any case,” he said.
President Aliyev’s solemn inauguration ceremony was held in the
Azerbaijani parliament on October 19. The president said in his speech
that Azerbaijan, as always, supports resolution of the conflict by
peaceful means, while emphasizing the need to use all the possibilities
to ensure the country’s territorial integrity.
Rzayev said Azerbaijan should focus its activity regarding this
issue on the offensive tactics as justice is on its side from both
the legal and historical points of view.
“Azerbaijan’s military budget considerably exceeds the total budget of
Armenia. It is also necessary to note the success of the Azerbaijani
Ministry of Defense Industry over the past ten years. All this shows
the readiness of Azerbaijan for a lengthy struggle,” Rzayev said.
For over two decades, Azerbaijan and Armenia have been locked in
conflict which emerged over Armenia’s territorial claims against its
South Caucasus neighbor. Since a war in the early 1990s, Armenian
armed forces have occupied 20 percent of Azerbaijan’s territory,
including Nagorno-Karabakh and seven surrounding regions. A fragile
ceasefire has been in place since 1994, but long-standing efforts by
US, Russian and French mediators have been largely fruitless so far.
Armenia has not yet implemented the U.N. Security Council’s four
resolutions on its pullout from the neighboring country’s territories.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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