Baku urges UN to end impunity of Armenia for crimes against Azerbaijan
The Azerbaijani government has demanded the UN to end impunity
of Armenia for grave crimes committed against Azerbaijan.
Azerbaijani Permanent Representative to the UN, Agshin Mehdiyev has
sent a memorandum entitled "Crime in Khojaly: guilty persons,
qualification of actions and responsibility under international
law" to the organization's Secretary General.
By presenting this memorandum, the Azerbaijani government requests
the Secretary General and the member states of the United Nations
to support the efforts made by his country to put an end to
impunity for grave crimes committed during the aggression of
Armenia against Azerbaijan, UN Information Center said.
The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988 when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Armenian armed forces have been occupying 20 per cent of Azerbaijan since 1992, including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and seven surrounding districts.
Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a ceasefire agreement in 1994.
The co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group - Russia, France and the U.S. - are currently holding peace negotiations.
Armenia has not yet implemented the U.N. Security Council's four resolutions on the liberation of Nagorno-Karabakh and the surrounding regions.
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