Terror groups set up in Azeri occupied land, official says
Terror groups are being set up in the Armenia-occupied territories
of Azerbaijan, says Ali Hasanov, the Azerbaijani Deputy Prime
Minister and chairman of the State Committee for Refugees and
Internally Displaced Persons.
"Drugs are planted and sold in the occupied Upper Garabagh. On account of the proceeds weapons and ammunition are purchased and terror groups are formed. A new international drug trafficking route has been created there," Hasanov told an event organized by the UN over World Refugee Day.
The Garabagh conflict began in 1988 on Armenian territorial claims. Since the early 1990s, Armenian armed forces have occupied 20 percent of Azerbaijan including the Upper Garabagh region and its seven surrounding districts, despite four standing UN resolutions on unconditional pullout of Armenian troops and condemnation by a number of other international organizations. One million Azerbaijanis have been displaced as a result of ethnic cleansing.
Hasanov noted that none of the decisions on Nagorno Garabagh taken by international groups have been fulfilled so far.
"If international organizations are unable to ensure enforcement of their decisions, then who needs those decisions? Otherwise, world countries will turn their back on them.
"International organizations should ensure fulfillment of their decisions. For 18 years, international organizations have been failing to put any pressure or influence Armenia. And, as if it weren’t enough, they are providing Armenia with humanitarian aid."*
"Drugs are planted and sold in the occupied Upper Garabagh. On account of the proceeds weapons and ammunition are purchased and terror groups are formed. A new international drug trafficking route has been created there," Hasanov told an event organized by the UN over World Refugee Day.
The Garabagh conflict began in 1988 on Armenian territorial claims. Since the early 1990s, Armenian armed forces have occupied 20 percent of Azerbaijan including the Upper Garabagh region and its seven surrounding districts, despite four standing UN resolutions on unconditional pullout of Armenian troops and condemnation by a number of other international organizations. One million Azerbaijanis have been displaced as a result of ethnic cleansing.
Hasanov noted that none of the decisions on Nagorno Garabagh taken by international groups have been fulfilled so far.
"If international organizations are unable to ensure enforcement of their decisions, then who needs those decisions? Otherwise, world countries will turn their back on them.
"International organizations should ensure fulfillment of their decisions. For 18 years, international organizations have been failing to put any pressure or influence Armenia. And, as if it weren’t enough, they are providing Armenia with humanitarian aid."*