By Trend
The Armenian media outlets spread the information about the
comments of the secretary general of the Council of Europe made
after the meeting with the Armenian prime minister in Strasbourg,
where he spoke about the need to give the CoE commissioner for
human rights the right to visit the Nagorno-Karabakh region.
While commenting on this information for
Trend, spokesperson for the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry Leyla
Abdullayeva stressed that Secretary General of the Council of
Europe Thorbjørn Jagland offered the CoE member-states to make a
political decision regarding the visit to the so-called "gray
zones", including the Nagorno-Karabakh region.
"Azerbaijan’s position in this regard is clear and all the
corresponding international organizations, including the Council of
Europe, have been repeatedly informed about that,” she said. “This
is the country’s sovereign right to allow some individuals, whether
representatives of international organizations or citizens of other
countries, to enter its territory within the internationally
recognized borders and in accordance with its domestic
legislation."
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.
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.
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