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Australian Azerbaijanis send open letter to pro-Armenian MP of New South Wales State

16 August 2014 08:46 (UTC +04:00)

The Azerbaijan-Australia-Turk Friendship Society reported to APA that the society’s chairman Imadaddin Gasimov’s letter expressed disappointment over Amanda Fazio’s untrue statement.

Mr Gasimov mentioned in the letter that Mrs Fazio’s claims are in contrast with the position of international organizations as well: “Azerbaijan’s territorial integrity is recognized by the UN, the Council of Europe, the European Parliament, the OSCE and many other international organizations. Australia is one of the countries which recognized Azerbaijan’s territorial integrity. Your position and ideas are far beyond from the reality. Azerbaijani territories are under Armenia’s occupation, and Azerbaijan is currently trying to restore its territorial integrity by peaceful means. The ceasefire regime has been continuing in Karabakh since 1994, and Azerbaijan has relied on the OSCE Minsk Group’s mediation about resolution of the conflict. Inspired by the latest happenings in Ukraine, Armenian aggressors are lately trying to shatter the ceasefire and lay fictitious claims against Azerbaijan. We regret that you are one of those who traveled to Karabakh without an official permission from Baku. And we’d like to remind you that it’s disrespect to the international law”.

Note that, the parliament of Australia’s New South Wales State had recognized the independence of the illegal Nagorno-Karabakh Republic in 2012.