Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry issues final report for 2009

The report says that international processes that took place in the world in 2009 were marked by high dynamics and aggravation of global challenges.

General situation of world politics was characterized by instability. Thus, the reporting period saw the highest phase of the global financial crisis. Apart from this, the last year also saw trends towards re-grouping of centers of power and influence in the world community.

With regard to settlement of Armenian-Azerbaijani Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, the report noted that 2009 was distinguished by intensity of the negotiations.

“Six meetings were held between Azerbaijan and Armenian presidents through the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs’ mediation efforts over the reporting period. All these point to intensity of the negotiating process. In the meantime, the international community had quite high interest to in resolution process.”

“The international community realized inadmissibility of preserving the status quo in the Armenian-Azerbaijani Nagorno-Karabakh conflict,” the it said in a report.

In addition, the report highlights the statement by the presidents of the co-chairs countries of OSCE Minsk Group made during the Group of Eight meeting in the Italian city of Aquila on July 10.

It also emphasizes the joint statement the representatives of the OSCE Minsk and the Foreign Ministers of Azerbaijan and Armenia adopted at the Council of Foreign Ministers of OSCE in Athens on Dec. 1.

"Azerbaijan's position in resolution of the Karabakh conflict is unambiguous - the conflict must be resolved within the framework of the sovereignty, territorial integrity and internationally recognized borders of Azerbaijan. This position is based on international norms and principles, the UN Charter, the Helsinki resolutions and international documents adopted on resolution of the conflict,” the report said.

Negotiations on settlement of the conflict are directed at coordination of details proceeding from these principles, the Foreign Ministry notes.

“In 2009, in different directions Azerbaijan moved to the tactics of attack in the legal application of the principle of self-determination taking into account the territorial integrity and country’s flexible export policy has promoted country's leading role in the energy transport in the region.”

“Last year, the country continued to its contribution to global challenges, international efforts to combat threats and risks and further strengthened existing basis for cooperation with the European Union and NATO,” the report said.

The Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry also noted growing political credibility and importance of Azerbaijan in the Islamic world, and strengthening relations with the Turkic states in the past year.

Day.Az