{"id":7926,"date":"2008-12-06T00:27:41","date_gmt":"2008-12-05T21:27:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/?p=7926"},"modified":"2023-04-05T14:28:52","modified_gmt":"2023-04-05T11:28:52","slug":"principles-of-azerbaijan-on-nagorno-karabakh-conflict","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/2008\/12\/06\/principles-of-azerbaijan-on-nagorno-karabakh-conflict\/","title":{"rendered":"Principles of Azerbaijan on Nagorno Karabakh conflict"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" align=\"left\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span class=\"text_spot\"><strong>Helsinki. Tamara Grigoryeva-APA. Delegation of Azerbaijan attending the meeting of the OSCE Ministerial Council in Helsinki has issued written statement reflecting Azerbaijan\u2019s Principles applicable to the peaceful settlement of the conflict in and around the<br \/>\nNagorno-Karabakh region of the Republic of Azerbaijan.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"text_spot\">APA correspondent in Helsinki reports that the document reads Azerbaijan is committed to solving the conflict by political means and in a constructive<br \/>\nmanner. But Azerbaijan will never compromise its territorial integrity and thus accept a fait-accompli based solution, which the Armenian side is trying to impose.<br \/>\nThe conflict can only be solved on the basis of respect for the territorial integrity and<br \/>\ninviolability of the internationally-recognized borders of Azerbaijan, and peaceful coexistence of Armenian and Azerbaijani communities in the Nagorno-Karabakh region within Azerbaijan, fully and equally enjoying the benefits of democracy and prosperity.<br \/>\nThe ultimate objective of the settlement process is to elaborate and define the model and legal frameworks of the status of the Nagorno-Karabakh region within Azerbaijan. The process of definition of any status shall take place in normal peaceful conditions with direct, full and equal participation of the entire population of the region, namely, the Armenian and Azerbaijani communities, and in their constructive interaction with the Government of Azerbaijan exclusively in the framework of a lawful and democratic process. Attempts to define the status of the Nagorno-Karabakh region in a situation of continued occupation of the region and surrounding territories, and forced displacement of Azerbaijani population are incompatible with universal and European values and contradict the principles and ideas of peace, democracy, stability and regional cooperation. Such attempts seek to legitimize the results of ethnic cleansing and impose a fait accompli situation on Azerbaijan.<br \/>\nA number of important steps have to be taken to reach a stage where the parties concerned can start negotiating a self-rule status for the Nagorno-Karabakh region within Azerbaijan:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 The factor of military occupation must be removed from the conflict settlement context.<br \/>\nArmenia has to withdraw completely from all occupied territories of Azerbaijan. Delay<br \/>\nof return of the territories can complicate the already difficult settlement process.<br \/>\n\u2022 IDPs should return in safety and dignity to their places of origin in the Nagorno-<br \/>\nKarabakh region and adjacent territories.<br \/>\n\u2022 Special programs on reconciliation and tolerance should be initiated with a view to<br \/>\nfoster cooperation between the two communities in the Nagorno-Karabakh region.<br \/>\n\u2022 All communications in the region shall be opened for mutual use.<br \/>\n\u2022 Upon release of the territories of Azerbaijan from the occupation the rehabilitation and economic development of the region shall take place.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"text_spot\"><span class=\"removed_link\" title=\"http:\/\/en.apa.az\/news.php?id=93294\"><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Helsinki. Tamara Grigoryeva-APA. Delegation of Azerbaijan attending the meeting of the OSCE Ministerial Council in Helsinki has issued written statement reflecting Azerbaijan\u2019s Principles applicable to the peaceful settlement of the conflict in and around the Nagorno-Karabakh region of the Republic of Azerbaijan. APA correspondent in Helsinki reports that the document reads Azerbaijan [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":783838,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,41],"tags":[204],"class_list":["post-7926","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-armenia","category-azerbaijan","tag-nagorno-karabakh"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7926","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/83"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7926"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7926\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/783838"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7926"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7926"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7926"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}