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Foreign Ministry issues statement on so-called â€œelectionsâ€ to â€œlocal self-governing bodiesâ€ in occupied Azerbaijani territories

15 September 2011 09:43 (UTC +04:00)

The Ministryâ€™s press service told APA that the statement reads:
â€œAccording to the reports circulated by the mass media outlets of the Republic of Armenia so-called â€œelectionsâ€ to the â€œlocal self-governing bodiesâ€ are being arranged to take place in the Nagorno-Karabakh region of the Republic of Azerbaijan on September 18, 2011.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan reiterates in this regard that the unrecognized separatist regime in the occupied territories of Azerbaijan represents nothing but an illegal structure established by the Republic of Armenia on the basis of ethnic cleansing of Azerbaijani population. The so-called â€œelectionsâ€ are conducted in order to camouflage the annexation policy of Armenia and are aimed at consolidation of the results of the continued occupation of the internationally recognized territories of Azerbaijan.

The Republic of Azerbaijan calls upon the Armenian side to stop its destructive illegal steps, which do not have any prospects, and instead to demonstrate a good will and take a constructive position in the negotiation process in order to find a soonest and durable solution to the conflict on the basis of the norms and principles of international law.â€