National Independence Party of Azerbaijan urged the United States to follow a fair and objective position on the resolution of the Karabakh conflict.
The National Independence Party of Azerbaijan condemns allocation of funds to separatists of Nagorno Karabakh by the US Congress, News.Az reports with reference to the news service for the party that it considers that US applies double standards about Armenia’s aggression against Azerbaijan.
“The United States is among the OSCE Minsk Group co-chair that is dealing with the resolution of the Karabakh conflict. In this situation the allocation of funds to separatists of Nagorno Karabakh is inadmissible.
We do not understand the allocation of funds to the separatist regime that committed crimes against the people,” the statement says.
The party urged the United States to follow a fair and objective position on the resolution of the Karabakh conflict and intensify efforts for the resolution of the conflict in line with international law.
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Azerbaijan should voice its opinion on the issue on the official level via the Foreign Ministry.
Political scientist Arif Yunusov commenting on the map posted at the website of the Freedom House, an international nongovernmental organization, which indicates Nagorno Karabakh as a disputed area between Azerbaijan and Armenia said, Georgia has always showed a prompt reaction to such facts towards Abkhazia and South Ossetia.
“Azerbaijan has long been ignoring such actions, but we should not keep eyes close on these facts. On the other hand, these are double standards. For example, when Russia started to issue passports to the citizens of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, Georgia started to react promptly. In the result, when the citizens of these regions wanted to go abroad, they went to Moscow, for example, to the embassy of Britain to get a visa. The British embassy in turn sent them to Tbilisi and said: “You are the citizens of Georgia and you have not been recognized by anyone,” he said.
The political scientist considers that Nagorno Karabakh residents also go abroad but with Armenian passports.
“We have never paid attention to it. When I was in Vienna, I bought a map of the South Caucasus which showed Nagorno Karabakh within Azerbaijan on the one side and as a republic on the other side. I am an ordinary person and they will not pay any attention to my statements, but the reaction of the Foreign Ministry is another issue. After this reaction they will not do so the next time,” the expert said.
