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Khazar Ibrahim: â€œAzerbaijan fulfills all principles of the Helsinki Final Actâ€

14 July 2008 12:09 (UTC +04:00)

Armenian foreign minister Edward Nalbandian stated that the negotiations over the solution to the Nagorno Karabakh conflict are held on the basis of Article 2, 4 and 8 of the Helsinki Final Act, but Azerbaijan reports on the negotiations on its own desire. Reacting to the Nalbandianâ€™s statement, Khazar Ibrahim reminded about those articles. â€œIt is said in the Article 2 that the participating States will refrain from any acts constituting a threat of force or direct or indirect use of force against another participating State. Everyone knows that Armenia is acting against this Article and used force to occupy the territory of other state. On the other hand, with this statement Nalbandian directly acknowledged that not any forces in Nagorno Karabakh, as they claim it, but just Armenia is an occupier. Azerbaijan never threatened anyone by the force. We simply say that we will restore our internationally-recognized borders and territorial integrityâ€. Khazar Ibrahim said Article 4 of the Helsinki Final Act was about the territorial integrity of the countries. â€œThe participating States will likewise refrain from making each other’s territory the object of military occupation or other direct or indirect measures of force in contravention of international law, or the object of acquisition by means of such measures or the threat of them, said in the document. Nalbandian and his country should fulfill these points in practice. A self-determination right, they frequently decline, was reflected in Article 8. It is clearly said in the document that the participating States will respect the equal rights of peoples and their right to self-determination, acting at all times in conformity just with the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations and with the relevant norms of international law, including those relating to territorial integrity of Statesâ€. Khazar Ibrahim once more stated that Azerbaijan was loyal to the principles of Helsinki Final Act and international law.