The Secretary-General of the International Society for Human Rights, Professor, Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences Marat Zakhidov has joined the Armenia-Azerbaijan Platform for Peace.
APA presents the statement made by Zakhidov in this respect:
“People have the right to live in peace. For this reason, it is necessary to stop the bloodshed and peacefully settle the Armenian-Azerbaijani Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, considering the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Armenia and Azerbaijan, as well as the internationally recognized borders of both states.
I would like to emphasize the importance of relevant resolutions of UN Security Council, including resolutions and decisions adopted by other international organizations. I perceive the necessity of activities of OSCE Minsk Group towards the peaceful solution of the conflict.
The Armenian and Azerbaijani peoples had closely intertwined common traditions that were formed as a result of centuries of peaceful coexistence. But as a result of unresolved conflict, the opinion of two nations about each other is formed only in the context of the war. I note this fact with great regret. The idea of ​​peaceful coexistence of people and the solution of protracted conflicts is the most correct idea.
For the reasons mentioned earlier, on behalf of organization that I represent, I want to express support to this initiative and declare about joining the Armenia-Azerbaijan Platform for Peace, whose main goal is to promote a peaceful solution of the Armenian-Azerbaijani Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict.”
For the purpose of contributing to a peaceful settlement of the Armenia-Azerbaijan Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, the Armenia-Azerbaijan Platform for Peace was established on December 6, 2016. The Platform is an initiative of the citizens of Azerbaijan and Armenia who wish to contribute to the peaceful settlement of the conflict.
The initiative on the creation of the Platform has generated the interest of the international community as well as attracted the high level of public attention in both conflicting states. A large number of well-known experts highly appreciated this initiative and stressed the very special role of the above-mentioned peacekeeping initiative in the process of the peaceful settlement of the conflict.
The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict entered its modern phase when the Armenian SRR made territorial claims against the Azerbaijani SSR in 1988.
A fierce war broke out between Azerbaijan and Armenia over the Nagorno-Karabakh region of Azerbaijan. As a result of the war, Armenian armed forces occupied some 20 percent of Azerbaijani territory which includes Nagorno-Karabakh and seven adjacent districts (Lachin, Kalbajar, Aghdam, Fuzuli, Jabrayil, Gubadli and Zangilan), and over a million Azerbaijanis became refugees and internally displaced people.
The military operations finally came to an end when Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a ceasefire agreement in Bishkek in 1994.
Dealing with the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict is the OSCE Minsk Group, which was created after the meeting of the CSCE (OSCE after the Budapest summit held in December 1994) Ministerial Council in Helsinki on 24 March 1992. The Group’s members include Azerbaijan, Armenia, Russia, the United States, France, Italy, Germany, Turkey, Belarus, Finland and Sweden.
Besides, the OSCE Minsk Group has a co-chairmanship institution, comprised of Russian, the US and French co-chairs, which began operating in 1996.
Resolutions 822, 853, 874 and 884 of the UN Security Council, which were passed in short intervals in 1993, and other resolutions adopted by the UN General Assembly, PACE, OSCE, OIC, and other organizations require Armenia to unconditionally withdraw its troops from Nagorno-Karabakh.
Follow us on Telegram
t.me/apanewsaz
Follow us on Instagram
Follow us on Facebook
Follow us on Twitter
