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Ramiz Mehdiyev: With the exception of Nagorno Karabakh, 20,000 Armenians live in Azerbaijan, while there is no Azerbaijani in Armenia

22 January 2010 10:52 (UTC +04:00)

Mentioning that OSCE foreign ministers issued a statement on the settlement of the conflict in Athens, Ramiz Mehdiyev said the document noted the importance of solving the conflict basing on the principle of the territorial integrity and underlined that for the first time Armenia admitted it and signed the document.

Mehdiyev called on the Russian media to be professional while writing about Nagorno Karabakh conflict.
â€œWriting about the history of the conflict, read the letter of the Russian diplomat Alexander Griboyedov to the emperor. Writing about the Armenians deported from Iran and Turkey to Azerbaijan, the diplomat says the Azerbaijanis fear that the Armenians will stay in these territories forever,â€ he said.

Touching on the Russian media reports that Nagorno Karabakh was presented to Azerbaijan by Stalin, Ramiz Mehdiyev said the truth was quite to the contrary.
â€œIn fact, Yerevan was presented to Armenia under pressures. Armenia said it would not have territorial claims against Azerbaijan, but it was not so. Actually, Borchali was also presented to Georgia by Stalin,â€ he said.

According to Ramiz Mehdiyev, with the exception of Nagorno Karabakh, 20,000 Armenians live in Azerbaijan, while there is no Azerbaijani in the present Armenia, which was the historical land of Azerbaijanis. He once more underlined that Nagorno Karabakh conflict could be solved only within the framework of Azerbaijanâ€™s territorial integrity.