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Nagorno-Karabakh is one of UN General Assemblyâ€™s major topics

23 September 2011 08:18 (UTC +04:00)

During their bilateral meetings with the number of foreign leaders in the UN sessions, the top diplomats of Azerbaijan and Turkey are raising the current situation of Nagorno-Karabakh negotiations, including the last elections in the occupied territories and their negative influences to the regional cooperation.

Turkish FM Ahmet Davutoglu shared his views and concerns regarding Nagorno-Karabakh during his meetings with both Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, according to the Turkish diplomats. The issue has also been raised by the Turkish PM Erdogan at the GA on September 22.

French President Sarkozy, who is planning to visit to Baku and Yerevan in the coming weeks, has scheduled a meeting with the Armenian top officials next week.

Co-chairmen of the OSCE Minsk Group, who mediate the conflict, have already gathered in NYC for the separate discussions with Azeri and Armenian diplomats.

Elmar Mammadyarov, Azerbaijan FM is getting ready to raise the topic at the Assembly, in the coming days.

Mr. Mammadyarov, who already met with several western diplomats in New York, hopes for the Western support over the Azerbaijanâ€™s concerns regarding the current situation in NK territory.

The issue has also been discussed at the meeting between Mammadyarov and British Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Lord David Howell on September 22. UK has deep interest in the exportation of Azerbaijani natural gas to EU. In its part, Baku seeks a major support from UK and other EU countries regarding the Karabakh negotiation.

Mr. Mammadyarov also discussed the topic during the meeting with Fiji Minister Joketani Cokanasiga, who thanked Azerbaijan for the financial support given towards Fiji’s UN Guard Unit in Iraq in May.

The Fiji had decided to support the candidature of Azerbaijan for the Eastern European seat on the UN Security Council to be contested on October 13 in the GA, APA was told by the Fiji diplomats.

Mr. Mammadyarov is expected to participate at the annual coordination meeting of the OIC ministers for foreign affairs on Friday, September 23.