'At the recent meeting of Azerbaijani and Armenian presidents Armenia withdrew from the agreements reached within many years.
The co-chairing states had to ignore the subjects of the international law,' second secretary of the Security Problems Department of Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry Elchin Huseynli said while addressing the international conference entitled 'Establishing relations across borders' organized by GUAM Parliamentary Assembly and Baltic Assembly.
Elchin Huseynli said Armenia commits illegal actions in the occupied territories of Azerbaijan.
“Armenia conducts the so-called elections, events in the territories of Azerbaijan. Azerbaijani cultural monuments are destroyed. They even attempt to involve the companies from the co-chairing countries. Baku will never allow this,” he said.
According to him, the European Union has double-headed approach to the conflicts in the region: “The European Union recognized the territorial integrity of one country in the region and shows different approach to another one. It doesn’t honor anyone when they recognize the territorial integrity of one country, but turned a blind eye to the violation of territorial integrity of another one”.
The diplomat said that Azerbaijan could play a role in energy supply of the European Union: “Otherwise, more dramatic situation can appear, Europe can fall into position of dependence from another country in the energy supply. The developments in August, 2008 were a great danger for the region. Everybody must draw a lesson from it”.
Reminding that Azerbaijan and Georgia participated in the establishment of GUAM, Huseynli noted that Armenia was a member of Collective Security Treaty Organization:
“Armenia’s relations with Russia cause the instability in the region. Armenia, which is the smallest country in the region, has important military and political agreement with Russia. The conflicts in the regions seriously interrupt the development of the region. If these conflicts are settled, the South Caucasus will turn into developed region from the economic standpoint. Azerbaijan’s position is known - the joint projects are out of the question until the conflicts in the region are settled”.
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