The United Popular Front of Azerbaijan Party has condemned a US Senate decision to allocate $10m in aid to the unrecognized Nagorno-Karabakh republic.
The party has issued a statement condemning the allocation of financial assistance to Nagorno-Karabakh's separatist regime.
The party said in its statement that the allocation of financial assistance to a separatist regime was contrary to the norms and principles of international law and encouraged separatism and international terrorism.
The Nagorno-Karabakh republic is not recognized by the international community, appeared as the result of the occupation of Azerbaijani land by Armenia and has no legal status, the party noted.
It said that this act by the United States made its involvement in the conflict settlement, as one of the co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group mediators, impossible.
The US Senate Committee on Appropriations adopted a draw law on the 2011 fiscal year budget, according to which Armenia will receive assistance of $40m, $1m fewer than in 2010, and Karabakh will receive $10m.
The US embassy in Baku has insisted that the aid will not go to the separatist government, but to non-governmental humanitarian projects.
The United Popular Front of Azerbaijan Party is chaired by MP Gudrat Hasanguliyev. He contested the presidential elections in 2003 and 2008.
Hasanguliyev was once a member of the opposition Popular Front of Azerbaijan Party, led by Ali Karimli. In 2003 he broke away from the party and set up his own version of the Popular Front. His erstwhile party colleagues say Hasanguliyev and his party are not genuine opposition.
Tamilla Senjaply
News.Az
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