Int’l groups policy `does not fully satisfy` Azerbaijan
BAKU – The policy on the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict over Nagorno Karabakh pursued by international organizations does not fully satisfy Azerbaijan, a presidential aide has said.
Ali Hasanov, head of the Presidential Administration’s social and political affairs department, said Armenia, which occupies part of Azerbaijani territory, should come under pressure for violating international law.
"But Armenia is not being pressed either at the OSCE, NATO or the European Union. International organizations are merely stating the facts. They just say that Azerbaijan’s territorial integrity has been violated and this has to stop. But these organizations are not putting forward their will toward enforcing the norms of international law."
Hasanov reminded that about a million Azerbaijanis were displaced in the aftermath of the armed conflict with Armenia in the early 1990s.
"International organizations should assist these people’s return to their homes," he added.
The war fought by Azerbaijan and Armenia ended with the signing of a fragile cease-fire in 1994. Peace talks, brokered by the United States, Russia and France through the OSCE Minsk Group, have been largely fruitless so far.