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The Italian Senate on Tuesday adopted a resolution on the Upper (Nagorno) Garabagh conflict supporting Azerbaijan’s territorial integrity, a source at the Milli Majlis (Azerbaijani parliament) has said.
The document on the situation in volatile South Caucasus places a particular emphasis on the Garabagh problem. It said that given the important geo-political location of the region at the crossroads of Europe and Central Asia, the conflict settlement should be approached thoroughly and in line with international law.
The bill noted that finding a speedy and negotiated solution to the long-standing dispute, which stands in the way of the entire region’s development, is pivotal for Europe. The document calls on the Italian government to support efforts of the mediating OSCE Minsk Group, facilitate promoting peace based on the territorial integrity of countries and contribute to enforcing all resolutions on the Garabagh issue passed by the United Nations, the OSCE and the Council of Europe.
The UN has passed four resolutions on unconditional pullout of the Armenian armed forces from the occupied Azerbaijani territories, but none of them have been implemented so far.
The Italian Senate’s bill said that, overall, the senate attaches tremendous importance to the territorial integrity principle in the settlement of all conflicts flaring in the South Caucasus.
Italy is the second European country after Germany to adopt a resolution supporting Azerbaijan’s stance on the Garabagh conflict.
The conflict between the two South Caucasus republics reared up in the late 1980s due to Armenia's territorial claims. Armenia has been occupying over 20 percent of Azerbaijan's internationally-recognized territory since the early 1990s in defiance of international law. The ceasefire accord was signed in 1994, but over a decade of efforts by US, Russian and French mediators have been largely fruitless so far.*