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Azerbaijanâ€™s representative to address hearings in International Court of Justice on legality of Kosovoâ€™s independence

03 December 2009 15:50 (UTC +04:00)

APA reports that representatives of Albania, Germany, Saudi Arabia and Argentina addressed the hearings on December 1.

Representatives of Azerbaijan, Austria, Bahrain and Belarus will address the hearings today. Russia and the US will express their positions on December 8.

The hearing will last till December 11. Representatives of 30 countries are expected to attend the hearing. Representatives of Serbia and Kosovo were heard yesterday. Belgradeâ€™s representative said the declaration of independence by the provisional institutions of self-government of Kosovo contradicts the international law. Kosovoâ€™s representative regarded the adoption of the declaration of independence as the determination of Kosovoâ€™s final status.
â€œThe adoption of the declaration is the act to realize peopleâ€™s right of self-determination.â€

Spokesman for Foreign Ministry Elkhan Polukhov told APA that Azerbaijanâ€™s permanent representative to UN Agshin Mehdiyev will present official Bakuâ€™s position in the hearings.