Azerbaijan, Baku, August 24 / Trend S. Agayeva /
Azerbaijan intends to achieve the world community's appreciation of Nagorno-Karabakh conflict during the UN General Assembly, head of the international affairs department of the Azerbaijani President's Administration, Novruz Mammadov, told Trend on August 24.
The Armenian-Azerbaijani Nagorno-Karabakh conflict is included in the agenda of the 64-th UN General Assembly to be held in New-York in September.
"The world community's appreciation of the conflict is important from the point of view of putting pressure on Armenia's position and reminding the world that the conflict has remained unsolved for 20 years. It provides no benefits for the UN, as the world authority on international law," Mammadov said.
Mammadov said that Armenia has double-dealed in solving the conflict over the years, giving unnecessary pretexts. It does not reckon with either the international community or international law. He said that it is difficult to expect any real action from a country that does not recognize international law.
"Armenia must realize that sooner or later it will have to return Azerbaijan's land. It will fail to keep it for a long time," Mammadov said.
The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988 when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Azerbaijan lost all of Nagorno-Karabakh except for Shusha and Khojali in December 1991. In 1992-93, Armenian armed forces occupied Shusha, Khojali and 7 districts surrounding Nagorno-Karabakh. Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a ceasefire in 1994. The co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group - Russia, France, and the U.S. - are currently holding the peace negotiations.