Azerbaijan has raised the issue of 'elections' to the 'local self-governing bodies' on the occupied territories of Nagorno-Karabakh region.
Azerbaijan has raised the issue at a session meeting which was hold on 18 September in the UN General Assembly, UN sources informed.
In his letter to the UN Secretary-General Agshin Mehdiyev, Permanent Representative of Azerbaijan asked to add the Statement by the Azerbaijani MFA under the GA agenda items entitled "Protracted conflicts in the GUAM area and their implications for international peace, security and development", "The situation in the occupied territories of Azerbaijan" and "Elimination of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance", and of the Security Council.
"Azerbaijan reiterates in this regard that the unrecognized separatist regime in the occupied territories of Azerbaijan represents nothing but an illegal structure established by Armenia on the basis of ethnic cleansing of these territories from Azerbaijani population. The so-called “elections” are conducted in order to camouflage the annexation policy of Armenia and are aimed at consolidation of the results of the continued occupation of the internationally recognized territories of Azerbaijan", says the letter.
"Azerbaijan calls upon the Armenian side to stop its destructive illegal steps, which do not have any prospects, and instead to demonstrate goodwill and take a constructive position in the negotiation process in order to find an early and durable solution to the conflict on the basis of the norms and principles of international law", reads the statement.
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