New Azerbaijan Party has sent letter to the OSCE Minsk Group
co-chairs in a protest against the “parliamentary elections” scheduled
by the Armenian separatist regime of Nagorno Karabakh on May 23.
the Party said conducting elections by an unrecognized separatist group in an
occupied zone was against the norms and principles of international law
and couldn’t be recognized as legitimate. The existence of a separatist
regime which was not recognized by any country or international
organization is a result of occupation of 20 percent of Azerbaijani
lands by Armenia.
Party regrets that despite resolutions of the UN Security Council, the
Council of Europe and OSCE, as well as Minsk Group efforts. Aggressive
Armenia has been keeping the Azerbaijani lands under the occupation for more than
20 years. “The so-called election campaign organized by the Nagorno
Karabakh separatist regime is an attempt to gain legitimacy for the
separatist regime before the international community. This is an
aggressive action against the sovereignty of the Republic of Azerbaijan
and it is seriously preventing peace talks and good will goals”.
The Party said in its letter that the “elections” would have negative impact
on the negotiation process over the conflict solution: “New Azerbaijan
Party is resolutely condemning the next “election” sabotage and
considering it as a serious obstacle to the negotiation process and
expecting from the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs’ objective reaction to
that”.
/APA/