Azerbaijan voices concern to UN chief over Armenia
Azerbaijan’s representation to the United Nations has sent a
message to the organization’s Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon,
expressing concern over the fact Armenia continues to defy its
international commitments regarding the Upper (Nagorno) Garabagh
conflict.
"Armenia’s position represents a danger of misleading the international community about the real nature of the problem," the message says.
"The non-constructive position of the Armenian leaders poses a serious threat to resolving the dispute by political means," it adds.
The message highlights the history of the Garabagh conflict, saying "Armenians launched attacks against Azerbaijanis as early as 1987 in Khankandi [the center of the self-proclaimed Upper Garabagh republic], which caused the flow of Azerbaijani refugees and IDPs".
"During the Soviet era Armenia extended its territory from 10,000 to 29,000 square meters at the cost of Azerbaijan’s lands."
"The Armenian government must realize that having cleansed its territory from all non-Armenians it is now the only mono-ethnic country across the world. Armenia’s political life is dominated by racial discrimination," the letter underlines. It also calls on international organizations, in particular, the UN, to take "more serious measures" against Yerevan.
A fragile ceasefire has been in place in the region since a brutal war in the 1990s that claimed some 30,000 lives and displaced about one million Azerbaijanis from their homes. Armenia continues to occupy Upper Garabagh and seven adjacent Azerbaijani districts in defiance of international law. The ceasefire accord was signed in 1994, but the OSCE-brokered peace talks have been fruitless so far. Azerbaijan has never ruled out military action to liberate its land and has spent billions on dollars on building up its military.*
"Armenia’s position represents a danger of misleading the international community about the real nature of the problem," the message says.
"The non-constructive position of the Armenian leaders poses a serious threat to resolving the dispute by political means," it adds.
The message highlights the history of the Garabagh conflict, saying "Armenians launched attacks against Azerbaijanis as early as 1987 in Khankandi [the center of the self-proclaimed Upper Garabagh republic], which caused the flow of Azerbaijani refugees and IDPs".
"During the Soviet era Armenia extended its territory from 10,000 to 29,000 square meters at the cost of Azerbaijan’s lands."
"The Armenian government must realize that having cleansed its territory from all non-Armenians it is now the only mono-ethnic country across the world. Armenia’s political life is dominated by racial discrimination," the letter underlines. It also calls on international organizations, in particular, the UN, to take "more serious measures" against Yerevan.
A fragile ceasefire has been in place in the region since a brutal war in the 1990s that claimed some 30,000 lives and displaced about one million Azerbaijanis from their homes. Armenia continues to occupy Upper Garabagh and seven adjacent Azerbaijani districts in defiance of international law. The ceasefire accord was signed in 1994, but the OSCE-brokered peace talks have been fruitless so far. Azerbaijan has never ruled out military action to liberate its land and has spent billions on dollars on building up its military.*
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