Azerbaijan ruling party sends letter of protest to OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs

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/