Azerbaijan, Baku, 18 February /corr. Trend S.Agayeva / Azerbaijan calls upon the international community to seriously react to the placement of Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK) terrorist bases Azerbaijani territories occupied by Armenia.
"The information on re-deployment of PKK military bases in Nagorno-Karabakh should be accepted seriously," the Press Secretary of the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry's Press Service, Khazar Ibrahim, briefed the media on 18 February.
Israeli Special services confirmed the information on the placement of terrorist groups in Nagorno-Karabakh after Turkey's military operations at the border with Iraq.
According to Ibrahim, Azerbaijan cannot independently control the territory of Nagorno-Karabakh occupied by Armenia.
Khazar Ibrahim brought three key reasons for Azerbaijan's appeal to the international community. "Firstly, Azerbaijan cannot independently control the territory of Nagorno-Karabakh occupied by Armenia, secondly Armenia is well-known as a country possessing wide experience in terrorism, thirdly the PKK is an active terrorist organization," he said. According to Ibrahim, all this may bring significant harm to stability in the whole region. " Azerbaijan, itself or in political contact with other states, may fight against the PKK in Nagorno-Karabakh," he added.
The conflict between the two countries of South Caucasus began in 1988 due to territorial claims by Armenia against Azerbaijan. Armenia has occupied 20% of the Azerbaijani land including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and its seven surrounding Districts. Since 1992, these territories have been under the occupation of the Armenian Forces. In 1994, Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a ceasefire agreement at which time active hostilities ended. The Co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group ( Russia, France and USA) are currently holding peaceful negotiations.