Prague Meeting Crucial Step Towards Peace In South Caucasus - Azerbaijani MP
Date
10/7/2022 5:13:22 PM
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency)
BAKU, Azerbaijan, October 7. A meeting of
President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev with President
of the French Republic Emmanuel Macron, President of the European
Council Charles Michel and Prime Minister of the Republic of
Armenia Nikol Pashinyan in Prague is considered a crucial step
towards peace in the South Caucasus, Azerbaijani MP Soltan Mammadov
told .
According to the MP, the statement adopted on the meeting
results serves the interests of Azerbaijan, thereby providing for
the acceleration of the peace agreement signing process.
He noted the principles put forward by Azerbaijan during the
peace talks are based on international law. The country's policy
envisages the establishment of peace, security, and cooperation in
the region.
'After the second Karabakh War, Azerbaijan demonstrated the
political will to normalize relations with Armenia and came up with
numerous initiatives and proposals. However, the opposite side was
trying in every way to slow down the peace process. But the war
created a completely new situation in the region,' said the MP.
Mammadov added that following the relevant statement, Azerbaijan
and Armenia confirmed their commitment to the UN Charter and the
Alma-Ata Declaration of 1991 through which both countries
recognized each other's territorial integrity and sovereignty. This
is one of the fundamental issues that Armenia has been trying to
evade for a long time on one pretext or another.
'The provision on mutual recognition of each other's
sovereignty, territorial integrity, inviolability of international
borders, and political independence is one of the five basic
principles put forward by Azerbaijan for the peace process. This
issue in the statement is evidence of the agreement over one of the
essential components of peace negotiations. This also confirms that
the Karabakh issue will no longer be a subject of discussion in the
Azerbaijan-Armenia talks. President Ilham Aliyev noted that
Azerbaijan is not going to discuss it with any international
player,' Mammadov stressed.
The MP talked about the favorable conditions created in the
South Caucasus, as well as Azerbaijan's proposal to appreciate this
opportunity and open a new page in the history of the region.
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