Chairman: Armenians of occupied Nagorno-Karabakh want to live within Azerbaijan
By Abdul Kerimkhanov
Armenia, having seized foreign lands, could not digest these conquests. Occupied Azerbaijani lands are empty. Karabakh Armenians, tired of poverty, lawlessness and expectations of war, prefer to flee from Karabakh wherever they look, but not at all at the captured lands. It is quite understandable because what is left for them to do when the conflict does not find its solution, but only takes lives...
Azerbaijan at all levels has repeatedly stated that the whole region will be liberated, peacefully or militarily. In case of conflict settlement by peaceful means, Baku is ready to grant wide autonomy to Nagorno-Karabakh and secure the civil rights of the local Armenian population. But for that, Armenia should unconditionally withdraw its occupation troops from the territory of Azerbaijan, the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Azerbaijan should be restored, refugees and displaced persons returned to their homes.
Bayram Safarov, Chairman of theAzerbaijani community of the Nagorno-Karabakh region of Azerbaijan public association declared that Armenians living in occupied Nagorno-Karabakh want to live according to the laws of Azerbaijan, because Azerbaijan is a strong, developing country where social welfare is at a high level.
If the Armenians of Karabakh want to live together with the Azerbaijanis, they must have an identity card of Azerbaijan, if they do not want this, then let them go to Armenia and live there, he stressed.
Safarov noted that for many years the situation in Armenia has been tense.
Moreover, he added that before the election of the new government in the occupying country, the situation will be unstable, and after the election other processes will begin. Armenians will continue to sort things out because of the authority. It might be easy to come to power, but keeping it yet an uneasy task. Especially, for Nikol Pashinyan, who has not any experience in public administration. Until now, the common people in Armenia have fallen victim to a criminal policy. Every year thousands of people leave Armenia. Armenia is actually not a country, but an outpost, said Safarov.
Safarov believes that regardless of who comes to power, the only way to save Armenia from social and economic problems is to abandon its aggressive policy.
Safarov also said that Azerbaijan will never accept the occupation of its lands and will not give up the struggle for the liberation of these lands.
"As a result of successful state policy, diplomatic advantage is on our side. Azerbaijan’s territorial integrity is supported internationally, Nagorno-Karabakh is recognized as a territory of Azerbaijan. Such a large country like Germany recently said this, which also confirms my words," Safarov concluded.
The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988 when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. As a result of the ensuing war, in 1992 Armenian armed forces occupied 20 percent of Azerbaijan, including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and seven surrounding districts.
As a result of Armenia's armed invasion into Azerbaijan's legal territory, the two neighboring countries have remained locked in a bitter territorial dispute over the Nagorno-Karabakh region, which Armenia-backed separatists seized from Azerbaijan in a bloody war in the early 1990s.
The 1994 ceasefire agreement was followed by peace negotiations. Armenia has not yet implemented four UN Security Council resolutions on withdrawal of its armed forces from the Nagorno-Karabakh and the surrounding districts.
Despite Baku's best efforts, peace in the occupied lands remains a mirage in the distance as Armenia refuses to comply with international law.
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