President Aliyev's key message to Europe
By Trend
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev's visit to Germany was aimed
at not just active promoting the economic cooperation issues, in
which Azerbaijan has never had any problems.
One of the important results of the visit to Berlin was that
President Aliyev at one of the most important political venues in
Europe once again highlighted the most important sore points of the
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, reminded of Yerevan's crimes and made it
clear that Baku's position on the conflict settlement remains
unchanged.
By the way, there was a striking difference between Azerbaijani and
Armenian president Serzh Sargsyan's visit to Germany. Sargsyan went
to Germany in early April to complain that Azerbaijan has
successfully repelled the attack and liberated part of its own
territory from Armenia's occupation forces. He didn't get any
support, however. Angela Merkel said that she plans to discuss the
issue during President Aliyev's visit in June.
That is, the German chancellor made it clear she isn't going to
believe Armenia and is waiting to hear the point of view of the
victim country and not the instigator.
President Ilham Aliyev said at the joint press conference with
Merkel in Berlin that the resolution of the conflict must be based
on implementation of international law norms and UN Security
Council resolutions, which demand immediate and unconditional
withdrawal of Armenian Armed Forces from the territories of
Azerbaijan.
Unfortunately, said the president, the sanctions have not been
imposed on Armenia for brutal violation of international law,
policy of ethnic cleansing and occupation of almost 20 percent of a
sovereign state's territory.
Recent development in the region shows that in the land of conflict
the ceasefire is not stable, it is fragile, and the status quo is
not acceptable, said Ilham Aliyev.
This became the key and the most important message for Europe -
following the April counter-offensive by Azerbaijani troops in
response to the Armenian aggression, no one can vouch for the
stability in this region crucial for the world in general and the
EU in particular.
In this context, the countries interested in the region (of course,
Germany is one of them) must do everything to force Armenia to
peace. And the sanctions against Armenia's occupational regime - is
not the last of arguments for the compulsion.
In general, recently, there is a clear feeling that Germany will
take some steps in parallel with other mediators' steps to resolve
the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. At the joint press conference with
Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev, Merkel said that Russia, of
course, plays decisive role in the settlement of the
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
"We will use our contacts to support the Russian government, as the
American, the French, as the co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group to
resolve the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh," she added.
Since the beginning of the military escalation in the region in
April 2016, Berlin was offering its options for settlement, and now
the country says that as the chairman of the OSCE, it is ready to
use a variety of mechanisms for the establishment of
confidence-building measures between the parties of the
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. From this point of view, Azerbaijan is
in the most advantageous position, considering the current
prospects of the development of relations with Germany.
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