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Azerbaijani FM: â€œThe conflicts in the OSCE area are the key threats to the peace and security on the European continentâ€

26 September 2014 19:10 (UTC +04:00)

“The conflicts in the OSCE area are the key threats to the peace and security on the European continent. The current stalemate situation in the settlement process of the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict is very dangerous in terms of peace and stability in the region. The breakthrough for the resolution of the conflict is a withdrawal of the Armed Forces of Armenia from the occupied territories and return of ethnically cleansed Azerbaijani population back their homes. This action will help to create the atmosphere of confidence between Azerbaijani and Armenian communities of the Nagorno-Karabakh region of Azerbaijan, which is a very important element towards sustainable peace building,” said Elmar Mammadyarov

Elmar Mammadyarov stressed that OSCE is neither a rival nor a competitor to any Western or Eurasian dominated unions or blocks: “But it is a broad platform where disagreements and contradictions may be constructively addressed. Advantage of the OSCE would be fully utilized, if the Organization could manage not only to react to emerging crises, but preferably to prevent them from escalating. We believe that the major mission of the OSCE is and should be the protection of norms and principles it advocates without constraints, double standards and geographical preferences, and to ensure the respect for them in interrelations of its Participating States.

Azerbaijani FM noted that The OSCE is a cornerstone of the European security architecture: “We observe a number of new challenges in the OSCE area that prevent this Organization to perform effectively functions that it has been mandated to and, hence, affect security of its Participating States. Among them there is a selective misinterpretation of the founding principles of the Helsinki Final Act, the growing number of instances of the threat or use of force in international relations, as well as a failure to ensure inviolability of internationally recognized borders of the OSCE participating States as a result of this use of force. There is a lack of comprehensive and integral approach to the human rights and fundamental freedoms, application of double standards and selectiveness, attempts to destabilize security of the OSCE participating States under the pretext of human rights concerns.”