Azeri leader urges to heighten pressure on Armenia
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has called on the countries
involved in talks on settling the Upper (Nagorno) Garabagh conflict
to heighten pressure on Armenia, which has been occupying part of
Azerbaijan’s territory for nearly two decades.
Addressing a cabinet meeting Wednesday, President Aliyev accused Armenia of purposefully delaying the negotiating process, urging Yerevan to put forth a specific stance on the updated version of the Madrid principles, a peace outline proposed by the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs brokering negotiations.
The president called on the countries involved to refrain from supporting Armenia, take a fair stance on the issue and, from this viewpoint, ratchet up pressure on the invading country.
Armenia and Azerbaijan waged a war over the mountainous region of Upper Garabagh in the early 1990s which claimed some 30,000 lives. Armenia has been occupying over 20% of Azerbaijan’s territory since then, despite UN resolutions on unconditional pullout of its armed forces and condemnation by a number of other international organizations. One million Azerbaijanis have been displaced as a result of ethnic cleansing. The ceasefire accord was signed in 1994, but over a decade of efforts by US, Russian and French mediators have been fruitless so far.*
Addressing a cabinet meeting Wednesday, President Aliyev accused Armenia of purposefully delaying the negotiating process, urging Yerevan to put forth a specific stance on the updated version of the Madrid principles, a peace outline proposed by the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs brokering negotiations.
The president called on the countries involved to refrain from supporting Armenia, take a fair stance on the issue and, from this viewpoint, ratchet up pressure on the invading country.
Armenia and Azerbaijan waged a war over the mountainous region of Upper Garabagh in the early 1990s which claimed some 30,000 lives. Armenia has been occupying over 20% of Azerbaijan’s territory since then, despite UN resolutions on unconditional pullout of its armed forces and condemnation by a number of other international organizations. One million Azerbaijanis have been displaced as a result of ethnic cleansing. The ceasefire accord was signed in 1994, but over a decade of efforts by US, Russian and French mediators have been fruitless so far.*
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