FM: Armenia violates rights of Azerbaijani refugees, IDPs
By Trend
Armenia violates human rights of refugees and IDPs of Azerbaijan who were forcefully subjected to ethnic cleansing, said Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov.
He made the remarks at a meeting with Deputy Prime Minister Mats Andersson as part of his official visit to Sweden, the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry said in a message on November 7.
During the meeting, the sides exchanged views on the ways to
develop bilateral cooperation, including mutual high level visits.
It was noted that the existing political dialogue based on mutual
understanding plays an important role in the development of
bilateral relations between Sweden and Azerbaijan.
Talking about strategic road map on development of economy in
Azerbaijan, especially the development of non-oil sector, and about
the measures taken to diversify export and conducted the
fundamental reforms to this end, Elmar Mammadyarov mentioned that
there is a huge potential for the cooperation in science,
information and communication technologies, tourism, manufacturing
and other spheres between the two countries.
In this regard, the importance of establishing business
relations among business circles of Azerbaijan and Sweden and
holding of joint business forums was mentioned.
Speaking about the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway, which was inaugurated
on October 30, Minister Mammadyarov stated that East-West and
North-South international transport corridors that are implemented
with the initiation and participation of Azerbaijan, promise
strengthening of inter-continental relations, peace, stability and
economic prosperity.
During the meeting, Mammadyarov touched upon the negotiation
process on the resolution of the Armenia-Azerbaijan
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and drew the attention to the fact that
to change the status quo that heads of states of co-chair countries
of OSCE Minsk Group declared as unacceptable and unsustainable, the
fact of occupation must end and the armed forces of Armenia must
withdraw from the occupied territories of Azerbaijan on the basis
of the relevant UN Security Council resolutions.
He brought into the attention of Deputy Prime Minister the
decision of Council of Europe Court of Human Rights “Chiragov and
others v. Armenia”, which Armenia refuses to accept and
implement.
The relations between the EU and Azerbaijan were also discussed
during the meeting and it was mentioned that the Southern Gas
Corridor project and its important component – TAP project will
have a significant contribution to the European energy
security.
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