Return To Western Azerbaijan - Important Issue For Azerbaijani Society, State - MFA
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, March 3. Return to Western
Azerbaijan (historical lands of Azerbaijan located in modern-day
Armenia's territory) is a sensitive and important issue for
Azerbaijani society and state, Deputy Foreign Minister Khalaf
Khalafov said, trend reports.
Khalafov made the remark at public hearings on the topic
'Overcoming mountains: Peaceful and legal return to Western
Azerbaijan' organized by the Parliamentary Committee on Human
Rights.
'The return of Western Azerbaijanis is the dream and national
goal of the entire Azerbaijani people, and not just our compatriots
who have been expelled from Western Azerbaijan for many years. It's
relevant to raise the issue of return to Western Azerbaijan at the
present time, in the context of the new political realities that
emerged after the 2020 Second Karabakh War,' he said.
The official noted that this issue should be approached from the
national and state positions.
Khalafov stressed that the potential of the Community of Western
Azerbaijan fully allows the implementation of the 'Concept of
Return' put forward by the President of Azerbaijan Ilham
Aliyev.
Previously, on January 27, 2023, the 'Concept of Return' to
Western Azerbaijan was adopted at the final meeting of the
Supervisory Board of the Community of Western Azerbaijan.
According to the concept, the Community of Western Azerbaijan
will initiate contacts with the government of the Republic of
Azerbaijan, the government of the Republic of Armenia, permanent
members of the UN Security Council, the countries in the region,
and other relevant states and organizations in order to formulate
the international legal framework of return.
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