The European Azerbaijan Society welcomes OSCE Minsk Group statement on Nagorno-Karabakh ‘elections’ – but criticises one element as “illogical and unhelpfulâ€
Leon Cook, Director of Communications, TEAS, said: “As the Co-Chairs rightly point out, Nagorno-Karabakh does not exist as a legitimate sovereign entity. This being the case, it is illogical and unhelpful for the Co-Chairs to accept the need for the ‘de facto authorities’ to “try to organise democratically the lives of their population.â€
He continued: “Any support – no matter how tangential – given to the illegal occupation of Azerbaijani soil has the effect of slowing down the glacial progress towards a negotiated settlement, and further delays the return to their homes and lands of 875,000 Azerbaijani refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs).â€
In line with yesterday’s European Union statement by Baroness Ashton, the Co-Chairs also emphasised that the so-called ‘presidential elections’ held yesterday “in no way prejudge the final legal status of Nagorno-Karabakh or the outcome of the ongoing negotiations to bring a peaceful settlement to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.â€
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