The future of the EU’s Eastern Partnership program depends on the restoration of peace and stability in the conflict regions, said Khalaf Khalafov, Azerbaijan’s Deputy Foreign Minister.

Unfortunately, the international community and such an influential organization as the UN do not take the necessary measures for the implementation of the organization’s resolutions, Azerbaijani MP Asim Mollazade told Trend on September 21.

Since the protracted Nagorno-Karabakh conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan still waits for its resolution, the regional security and stability continue to suffer from its destructive effect.

Azerbaijan`s Foreign Ministry announced that the illegal visit of the members of House of Representatives of the US Congress Frank Pallone and Tulsi Gabbard to the occupied Azerbaijani territories is being investigated.

The objectives and the basic principles put forward by Azerbaijan are that Armenia must withdraw from the occupied Nagorno-Karabakh and adjacent territories, and Nagorno-Karabakh should remain within Azerbaijan, said Rafael Huseynov, the Azerbaijani MP and member of Azerbaijan’s Permanent Delegation to PACE.

Maintaining security and stability is a crucial component in building successful society and regional cooperation, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov said.

The restoration of the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan and Georgia is the main condition for peace in the South Caucasus region, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on September 20 in his speech at the 72nd session of the UN General Assembly in New York.

Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov has urged the member countries of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to do everything necessary to support the measures to end Armenia’s aggression against Azerbaijan, avoid illegal economic and other activities in the occupied Azerbaijani territories, limit all forms of cooperation with Armenia.

The process of negotiations to solve the Armenian-Azerbaijani Nagorno-Karabakh conflict has been going on for more than 20 years. Over these years, at decisive moments, Armenia has always resorted to provocations and created tension on the line of contact.

The U.S. hopes for continuation of good faith negotiations on the settlement of the Armenia-Azerbaijan Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

While addressing a panel session as part of the Armenia-Diaspora Forum in Yerevan, Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian has not excluded the possibility of returning some territories around Nagorno-Karabakh region to Azerbaijan.

During his tenure as Armenian foreign minister, Edward Nalbandian has done nothing other than harming the peaceful settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry’s Spokesman Hikmat Hajiyev told Trend.

Just as for Azerbaijan so for Turkey the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict is one of the biggest problems, Ambassador of Turkey to Azerbaijan Erkan Ozoral said on September 15.

The US supports a negotiated settlement to the Armenia-Azerbaijan Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and will continue to engage actively with the sides as a co-chair of the OSCE Minsk Group, a US State Department official told Trend.

The Contact Group of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) will discuss the issue of settlement of the Armenia-Azerbaijan Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and Armenia’s aggression against Azerbaijan on the sidelines of another session of the UN General Assembly in New York.

In anticipation of the expected meeting between Azerbaijani and Armenian Foreign Ministers within UN General Assembly session in New York, Armenia proves its reluctance to move forward in the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

Recently, the Armenian armed forces launched large-scale exercises with the use of heavy artillery and armored vehicles in the occupied territory Bagbanlar of Azerbaijan’s Agdam region.

The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and the status quo that Armenia tries to preserve in Azerbaijan’s occupied lands create big problems to international cooperation in the region.

The recent story with arrest of blogger Lapshin due to his illegal visits to Azerbaijan's lands occupied by Armenia has shown what non-compliance with Azerbaijani laws may lead to. However, some foreign individuals still may walk into the trap prepared by the Armenian authorities, who encourage them to visit the occupied Azerbaijani lands.

Today the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict is the only conflict in the region, which has a real risk of escalating into an all-out war.

Even though two decades have passed since the occupation of Azerbaijan’s Nagorno-Karabakh and seven surrounding regions by Armenian militaries, the conflict still remains unresolved.

Baku hosted talks between the chairman of the State Committee on Refugees and IDPs, chairman of the Republican Commission for International Humanitarian Assistance, Ali Hasanov, and the head of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees delegation for Azerbaijan, Furio de Angelisi, on September 12.

The youth forum under the motto “Always ready to defend our Motherland” has today kicked off in Guzanli settlement of Aghdam region with the participation of the youth from the occupied areas and frontier regions.

The case of Aleksandr Lapshin, a travel blogger with several citizenships, shows that the international laws should not be violated while proving that the unresolved Karabakh conflict creates new possibilities for hostilities.

The Armenian-Azerbaijani Nagorno-Karabakh conflict remains unresolved for about three decades, while last April the revival of the conflict briefly attracted the attention of the international community.