“For many years the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan has remained unresolved, APA reports quoting "AzerTAc" news agency. OSCE Minsk Group has operated almost for 20 years, but there are no so far any practical results.” Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev made this statement in the press confreres after the meeting with Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė.
“Recently OSCE field assessment mission visited the occupied territories and drew up report on it. That report clearly states that all infrastructures were destroyed in the occupied territories, and the facts of illegal settlement are obvious. There is a lot of other evidences confirming Armenia’s aggressive policy, attempts to change the historical names of the regions and administrative borders. 7 districts located outside the administrative limits of the Nagorno-Karabakh region of Azerbaijan are also under occupation. We suffer from the policy of ethnic cleansing. One million of Azerbaijanis are refugees and IDPs in their native lands.
About 20 percent of Azerbaijan’s internationally recognized territory is under occupation. Nagorno-Karabakh is an integral part of Azerbaijan. Of course, the conflict must be resolved on the basis of the principles and norms of international law. We hope, by demonstrating a constructive approach to OSCE Minsk Group proposals Armenia will take a step forward and start leaving the occupied territories of Azerbaijan.
After that, the establishment of the peace in the region is possible. The conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan is the main threat to the regional security and stability. All parties are interested in the soonest resolution of this conflict on the basis of international law”, - the president Aliyev said.
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