The OSCE and other international organizations should put more effort into the settlement of the Karabakh conflict, a top Azerbaijani official has said.
The head of the foreign relations department at the Presidential Administration, Novruz Mammadov, said the OSCE should not just rely on the co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group but act on the recent statement by the leaders of co-chair countries and call on the international community to be effective in resolving the conflict.
“I think that just the statements of the co-chairs are not enough. The point is that the biggest mission of the OSCE and other international organizations is to ensure security. For example, the OSCE was established to ensure security and cooperation in Europe. However, as long as the conflict remains unsettled, Europe's security cannot be ensured. From this point of view, it’s necessary to exert all efforts and stand for a just settlement of the conflict,” the New Azerbaijan Party website reported Novruzov as saying.
He described Armenia is a country occupying 20% of Azerbaijani territory for 20 years.
“Armenia must withdraw from the occupied territories. The next stage should focus on this. The OSCE Ministerial Council’s summit in Vilnius once again heard statements about the necessity to change status quo. I think it necessary to increase efforts on this."
Mammadov said that Azerbaijan’s election as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council in 2012-2013 would provide an opportunity to put forward the issue.
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