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Azerbaijani parliamentarians raise issue of territorial integrity of Azerbaijan and Georgia at 55th session of NATO Parliamentary Assembly

17 November 2009 13:29 (UTC +04:00)

Baku. Elnur Mammadli â€“ APA. Azerbaijani parliamentarians raised the issue of territorial integrity of Azerbaijan and Georgia at the 55th session of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly in Edinburgh, member of the parliament Zahid Oruj told APA. NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen made large report at the meeting. He talked about the duties ahead, increase of contingent and security in Afghanistan and relations with Russia.

Making a comment on the report, Zahid Oruj said military-political balance was disrupted in the South Caucasus. He said territories of both Georgia and Azerbaijan were occupied and Collective Security Treaty Organizationâ€™s policy in the region proved that. The parliamentarian characterized these steps as an action against NATO. He emphasized the importance of Azerbaijan in the security issue for the West and said the country was out of influence sphere of Iran and Russia. â€œI stressed that Armenia fully became the Russian military base. I asked whether it is time to create an opportunity for normal cooperation with the South Caucasian countries with securing their territorial integrity. The Secretary General said conflicts in this region caused concerns and noted that NATO strategic plans will particularly insist on territorial integrity and sovereignty of the countries. He said they didnâ€™t include speared countries in this concept and would act on the basis of principles. He said they normally approached security alliances between the countries. I think it was positive case that this issue was raised at the Parliamentary Assembly and that NATO Secretary General said future concept contained points about the territorial integrity and sovereigntyâ€.

Former NATO Secretary General George Robertson also addressed the session.