ALI HASANOV: “IF AZERBAIJAN BEGINS TO LIBERATE ITS LANDS, IT WE’LL BE ABLE TO LIBERATE THE LANDS OCCUPIED LONG BEFORE, NOT ONLY IN THE 1990S”
APA, Azerbaijan
May 15 2014
[ 16 May 2014 12:56 ]
Baku. Ramiz Mikayiloglu – APA. Deputy PM and Chairman of the State
Committee for Work with Refugees and IDPs Ali Hasanov has commented
on the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs’ visit to Kalbajar and Lachin.
Ali Hasanov told journalists that the OSCE Minsk Group fact-finding
mission paid visits to the occupied regions in 2005 and 2010,
APA reports.
He said they detected the facts of illegal settlement process that
runs contrary to the international conventions during both visits:
“In 2010, the fact-finding mission reported that 14,000 Armenians
were settled in the occupied regions. Later on, this number was
recorded 18,000. However, Azerbaijani sources say up to 25,000
people were illegally settled in the occupied territories. Four years
have passed since the OSCE fact-finding mission published the last
report. It is questionable what the next visit of the mission is aimed
at. What results have the previous visits yielded so far? All these
new proposals, principles, visits are aimed at protraction of the
resolution of the conflict. The Azerbaijani President is acting in
the direction of forming a powerful army and economy. Perhaps, the
enemy would then realize that if Azerbaijan begins to liberate its
lands, it we’ll be able to liberate the lands occupied long before,
not only in the 1990s”.