(MENAFN- AzerNews)
Qabil Ashirov read more On 24 August 2023, Le Figaro published an article claiming that
France is preparing to submit a resolution to the UN Security
Council over the so-called blockade of Garabakh and calling to put
sanctions on Azerbaijan. The article reads that on August 16, the
UN Security Council met in New York to discuss the situation, and
since then, France has been preparing a resolution. It is worth
noting that Jean-Christophe Buisson, the author of the article,
accepts that it would be very difficult for France to have it
adopted.
Azernews learned the opinion of the former
Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Tofig Zulfugarov on the issue. The
politician noted that the article of Le Figaro should not be taken
seriously because this is an obsolete issue.
“I think this is an obsolete issue. This issue has already been
discussed in the UN Security Council. Now an agreement has been
reached on the usage of Aghdam Road,” Zulfugarov said.
He added that as a member of the UN, France has a right to bring
variissues to the Security Council. Thus, France has tried
several times previously but it could not get anything and it will
not be able to get anything as well.
“As a member of the United Nations, France can bring various
issues to the Security Council. This is the right of France.
However, we have seen that some activities and attempts in this
direction have already taken place several times, but without any
results. First of all, in some cases, France could not get a
majority of votes of members in the Security Council, and in other
cases, the permanent members of the Security Council, who have the
right to veto, blocked France's initiative. In more detail, they
did not veto, but there is a special procedure between them. Before
the vote, they say that this or that resolution will be vetoed.
Thus, some of France's initiatives have even reached this stage.
Therefore, I have no doubt that they will continue to take such
steps. But it is clear that this will not give any result,” the
former FM noted.
He emphasized that the implementation mechanism of such a
resolution is very hard. Fairing that the same precedent could be
used against them in the future, the members of the UN Security
Council will not dare to vote for the resolution. So, adopting the
resolution is not realistic.
“The implementation mechanism of such a resolution is one of the
most important issues. In the Security Council, a resolution must
go through three stages. First, a vote of the majority in the
Security Council must be achieved. Even if a majority is achieved,
it can be vetoed by the five permanent members of the Security
Council. Then, if the Armenians achieve all these, that is, if they
can pass all three stages, there is a problem with the
implementation mechanism of these or other resolutions, i.e., how
it will be implemented. There is the opinion that they will
allegedly force Azerbaijan and the sovereignty will be taken from
the hands of Azerbaijan and will be given to the UN institutions.
It is impossible. Because the member states say they may experience
the same fate in the future. They will naturally think that this
law was applied against Azerbaijan today, and tomorrow the same law
can be applied against someone of them. Why should they support it?
So, reaching a resolution is far from reality from a diplomatic and
political point of view,” the politician concluded.