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UN General Assembly to discuss situation in occupied territories of Azerbaijan

11 March 2008 14:23 (UTC +04:00)

Azerbaijanâ€™s Permanent Mission to UN is providing a sustainable work toward the adoption of this document and holding negotiations with all UN members, Khazar Ibrahim, Spokesman for the Foreign Ministry told APA. A draft resolution underlined four resolutions of the UN Security Council passed in 1993, OSCE fact-finding missionâ€™s report on the situation in the occupied territories of Azerbaijan and OSCE Minsk Groupâ€™s corresponding letter to the OSCE Permanent Council. It is also underlined that the armed conflict in Nagorno Karabakh and nearby regions was a serious threat to the international peace and security, as well as humanitarian situation in the South Caucasus. A draft resolution confirms respect and support for the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Azerbaijan within its internationally recognized borders and demands immediate, unconditional and full withdrawal of Armenian armed forces from the occupied areas. It was also said in the document, situation in the occupied territories of Azerbaijan would be focused during next 63rd session as well.