He was addressing the breakout session on “Constructing Peace, Deconstructing Terror” on the sidelines of the 7th Global Forum of the UN Alliance of Civilizations in Baku Apr. 27.
Azerbaijan remains committed to a peaceful resolution to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, the top official said
“Azerbaijan has remained loyal to this way for more than two decades. But whenever an opportunity arises for us to advance towards the conflict’s settlement, Armenia resorts to provocation. This happened 10-12 years ago, in 2009, 2014 and April of this year,” he noted.
Mammadov added that having noticed the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs’ interest in the conflict settlement, Armenia resorted to provocation and got an adequate response.
“Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan said two days ago that he will not continue the talks. Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan wrongs himself and his nation by refusing to continue talks,” he stressed. “Surely we will surely liberate our lands from occupation. We will achieve it with the help of the international community. The Armenian leadership had better think of the future of their people.”
The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict entered its modern phase when the Armenian SRR made territorial claims against the Azerbaijani SSR in 1988.
A fierce war broke out between Azerbaijan and Armenia over the Nagorno-Karabakh region of Azerbaijan. As a result of the war, Armenian armed forces occupied some 20 percent of Azerbaijani territory which includes Nagorno-Karabakh and seven adjacent districts (Lachin, Kalbajar, Aghdam, Fuzuli, Jabrayil, Gubadli and Zangilan), and over a million Azerbaijanis became refugees and internally displaced people.
The military operations finally came to an end when Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a ceasefire agreement in Bishkek in 1994.
Dealing with the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict is the OSCE Minsk Group, which was created after the meeting of the OSCE Ministerial Council in Helsinki on 24 March 1992. The Group’s members include Azerbaijan, Armenia, Russia, the United States, France, Italy, Germany, Turkey, Belarus, Finland and Sweden.
Besides, the OSCE Minsk Group has a co-chairmanship institution, comprised of Russian, US and French co-chairs, which began operating in 1996.
Resolutions 822, 853, 874 and 884 of the UN Security Council, which were passed in short intervals in 1993, and other resolutions adopted by the UN General Assembly, PACE, OSCE, OIC, and other organizations require Armenia to unconditionally withdraw its troops from Nagorno-Karabakh.
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