Azerbaijan, Baku, 19 March /corr. Trend I.Alizade / The political parties of Azerbaijan call on the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairmen to put an end to double standards, serve peaceful settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and not to any take reckless steps.
"Political parties of Azerbaijan sharply condemn the OSCE Minsk Group's position on the Resolution on 'Situation in Occupied Territories of Azerbaijan'- which was adopted by the UN General Assembly," stated by the declaration adopted by the political parties during the conference organized by the ruling New Azerbaijan Party (NAP) on 19 March.
On 14 March, the UN General Assembly supported the Resolution on 'Situation in Occupied Territories of Azerbaijan', which was presented by the Azerbaijani side. The representatives of each three co-chairman-countries ( USA, Russia and France) of the OSCE Minsk Grou- which was established for the peaceful settlement of the Armenian-Azerbaijani Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, voted against the Resolution, i.e. against territorial integrity of Azerbaijan.
The declaration by the ruling party says that Azeri people were hoping that the negotiations within the Minsk Group will yield positive results and the Armenian side will release occupied Azerbaijani territories. "Despite that certain documents regarding fair settlement of the conflict were adopted at higher meetings of the OSCE, no agreement has been reached as a result of unconstructive policy of Armenia," the declaration says.
The declaration says that according to the mandate of OSCE Minsk Group, the key obligations of the mediators include achieving a peaceful settlement of the conflict on the basis of norms and principles of the international law. "Unfortunately, in several cases, the Minsk Group Co-Chairmen do not demonstrate succession in this regard. The statement of Co-Chairmen distorting the essence of conflict adversely affected the process of peaceful negotiations, nonetheless encouraged occupant country," the declaration says.
The declaration says that the Co-Chairman countries' vote against the document, submitted by the Azerbaijani side to the UN General Assembly, brought to serious dissatisfaction in Azerbaijan. Thus, the Co-chairman subjected their objective activities to serious doubts and demonstrated solidarity with occupant Armenia, who openly breaks the rights of peaceful neighborhood existence and principles of territorial integrity.