Azerbaijan's mission to UN says resolution on peoples’ right to self-determination has nothing to do with Karabakh conflict

Azerbaijan and Armenia are one of the 50 co-sponsor of the resolution.

Azerbaijan representative to the UN Agshin Mehdiyev said that the resolution on this subject are adopted every year.

"It has a traditional character. We have always been a co-sponsor of the resolution. Because Azerbaijan has never opposed right of peoples to self-determination."

The Armenian Foreign Ministry has embarked on an artificial campaign in connection with the document adopted at the UN. The resolution reaffirms the universal application of the right of peoples to self-determination and urges countries to draw attention to violation of this right. Armenia says the resolution marks a success in resolving the Karabakh conflict.

However, the General Assembly document does not stipulate application of the right of peoples to self-determination in specific conflicts.

Mehdiyev believes that the resolution does not have any moments that would gladden Armenia.

“Azerbaijan is not opposed to right of peoples to self-determination. We have always said that this right has nothing to do with the Karabakh Armenians. Because Armenians have already determined their fate in a sovereign republic of Armenia. That's all. How one and the same people can self-determine many times? The Armenian authorities are conducting contrived campaign. In fact, this resolution has no relation to Nagorno-Karabakh,” he said.

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