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STATEMENT
BY THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF THE REPUBLIC OF AZERBAIJAN According
to the information disseminated by Armenian media, so called “Parliamentary
elections” of the separatist regime in the occupied Nagorno-Karabakh region
of the Republic of Azerbaijan are to be held on June 19, 2005. The
Azerbaijan side has repeatedly given principal legal assessment of such
provocative actions and states again that attempts to impose the fait
accompli have no prospects. Holding
“elections” in the conditions of territorial seizure and ethnic cleanings
contradicts the norms and principles of International Law and the Constitution
of the Republic of Azerbaijan and has no legal effect. Such
actions undertaken by the Armenian side don’t comply with the spirit of
negotiations, in the framework of which positive hopes have been strengthened
recently. Sustainable
peace cannot be achieved without normalization of life and ensuring peaceful
coexistence and cooperation of the Azerbaijani and Armenian communities of the
Nagorno-Karabakh region of the Republic of Azerbaijan. In this regard, the
Azerbaijan side supports calls of the international community vis-à-vis
setting up direct contacts between the communities and carrying out
comprehensive confidence-building measures with a view to overcome hostility,
achieving stability and mutual understanding. Such an inter-community dialogue
will contribute to establishing relations between Nagorno-Karabakh Armenians
and Azerbaijan population of this region returning back to their permanent
places of residence, create necessary prerequisites for involving all parts of
the region’s population into lawful, peaceful and democratic process,
including also formation of legitimate regional authorities at all levels. June 14, 2005
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