Azerbaijan, Baku, Dec. 30 / Trend M. Aliyev /
Azerbaijan will make every effort to eliminate double standards in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict settlement, Azerbaijani Presidential Administration Social and Political Department Chief Ali Hasanov said in an interview with Trend.
"The main reason that the Armenian-Azerbaijani Nagorno-Karabakh conflict lasts more than 20 years, is the indifference of the international community to Armenia's destructive position," he said. "Nevertheless, we will try to eliminate the double standard and indifferent attitude to the international legal norms by using every opportunity."
The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988 when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Armenian armed forces have occupied 20 percent of Azerbaijan since 1992, including the Nagorno- Karabakh region and 7 surrounding districts.
Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a ceasefire agreement in 1994. The co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group - Russia, France, and the U.S. - are currently holding the peace negotiations.
Armenia has not yet implemented the U.N. Security Council's four resolutions on the liberation of the Nagorno-Karabakh and the surrounding regions.
"The fair international environment and relations are out of the question in condition when a microstate and an outpost dictates the terms to the UN that defines and regulates global politics, does not recognize the resolutions and other documents and the world community and the leading countries close their eyes to this in the 21st century," he said. "Hence, one of the main reasons of delaying the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict settlement is the UN insipid position and double standards. For example, the NATO and the leading countries fulfilled the UN Security Council's resolution on Libya within one day. But they do not solve the Nagorno-Karabakh issue for many years. They connive at Armenia, and turn a blind eye to massive bloodshed perpetrated by the Armenians, the violation of human rights and terrorism. As a result, it is clear that there is no fair system and a mechanism to resolve the disputes fairly, to eliminate the problem on the basis of international legal norms in the modern world. It is unknown when it will be created."
Hasanov said that at present, as a member of the UN Security Council, Azerbaijan will regularly include this issue on the agenda. A specific choice must be made, international legal norms must be fulfilled or the truth must be recognized, Hasanov said.
Azerbaijan was elected a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council for 2012-2013.