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Permanent Court of Arbitration secretary general invites Azerbaijan to join Convention for the Pacific Settlement of Disputes

23 June 2007 11:19 (UTC +04:00)

Azerbaijanâ€™s Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov received secretary general of Permanent Court of Arbitration Tjaco T.van den Hout, the ministryâ€™s press service told the APA.
The secretary general said that the organization has 107 members, it deals with the regulation of disputes between states by means of arbitration. He noted that along with territorial disputes, humanitarian law violations the court also considers economic issues and disputes of private companies.
He underlined that admission of South Caucasus countries, as well as Azerbaijan to the court of arbitration is desirable and invited the country to join the Convention for the Pacific Settlement of Disputes.
Azerbaijani minister Elmar Mammadyarov said the proposal will be considered. He touched upon unsolved issues, Armeniaâ€™s aggression against Azerbaijan, humanitarian law violations due to Armeniaâ€™s ethnic cleansing policy and said that these cases contradict international law.
Establishing and developing the relations between the court and Azerbaijan was debated during the meeting. /APA/