Third Armenian-Azerbaijani public peacekeeping forum to be held in Vienna

International Alert organization is organizing the third Armenian-Azerbaijani public peacekeeping forum for support of the peaceful resolution of the Karabakh conflict to be held in Vienna on March 24-27.

 The topic of the forum “Security: Challenges and opportunities, and mechanisms to build trust”. The aim of the forum is to create an area of a dialogue between experts and public representatives of all conflict parties on the issues of the peaceful resolution of the Karabakh conflict. Read the rest of this entry »

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Hijran Huseynova: “Nagorno Karabakh conflict created obstacles for protection of women in Azerbaijan”

Chairwoman of Azerbaijan State Committee for Family, Women and Children’s Issues Hijran Huseynova participated here in the 53rd session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women.

Huseynova made a speech at the event, saying “ensuring gender equality within the society is among key priorities for the Azerbaijani government.” “With this aim the State Committee for Family, Women and Children’s Issues was set up by a decree of President Ilham Aliyev” Huseynova said during her speech. Read the rest of this entry »

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Turkish parliamentarians: “The borders with Armenia can be opened after Nagorno Karabakh conflict is solved”

Members of Turkish parliament Shukru Elekdag (CHP), Murat Merjan (AKP), Nursuna Memejan (AKP) and Mithat Melen (MHP) met with experts on Turkey and journalists in the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington, APA’s US bureau reports. CSIS director for Turkey Bulent Alirza chaired the discussions.

The discussions focused on the issues causing tension between the two countries.

Chairman of Turkish parliament’s foreign affairs committee Murat Merjan said during Obama’s presidency the U.S. policy aimed at holding dialogue, not creating tension. The parliamentarian said Turkey pursued multiple-vector foreign policy after the collapse of the Soviet Union and noted that it was connected with four big conflicts around the country. He said the philosophy of Turkey’s foreign policy consisted of “zero problem” item, integrating into Europe and using its political influence. Read the rest of this entry »

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Rights of Azerbaijanis deported from Armenia must be recognized: MP

The rights of Azerbaijanis deported from Armenia must be recognized, member of Azerbaijani parliament Ganira Pashayeva said on March 6.

Pashayeva said 60 years have passed since Azerbaijanis were deported from Armenian in 1948-53.

“Azerbaijanis were deported from their own lands. The repatriation rights of nations deported during the Soviet period were recognized. So far, only the rights of Azerbaijanis deported from Armenia have not been recognized. This is unfair,” she said. Read the rest of this entry »

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Azerbaijanis hold action of protest against attempt to distory history of Nagorno Karabakh in Prague

Azerbaijanis, residing in Czechia, held a protest against the attempt to organize a presentation of the book, distorting the real history of Nagorno Karabakh on March 3, reports the press service for the state committee of Azerbaijan on work with diaspora.

 The meeting participants had placards about Khokaly tragedy. They voiced the demand to stop the aggressive policy of Armenia towards Azerbaijan, chanted slogans that Nagorno Karabakh is an integral part of Azerbaijan. Read the rest of this entry »

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Head of Organization for Karabakh Liberation beats Yeni Musavat newspaper correspondent

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Correspondent of the Yeni Musavat newspaper Zamin Hajili was beaten in front of the office of this newspaper on December 12, reports deputy editor-in-chief of the Yeni Musavat newspaper Azer Aykhan.

He said head of the Organization for Karabakh Liberation Akif aghi came to their office about 17:00 the day before and said he wanted to see their correspondent Zamin Hajili, who was not in.

“On the same day Akif Naghi and three of his pals were waiting for Zamin Hajili in front of the Yeni Musavat newspaper. Seeing the journalist come to work, Akif Naghi attacked him, started to abuse and beat him. Two of his people were holding him while Naghi was beating him. In the result of the incident Hajili had his spectacles damaged”, said Aykhan.

Deputy editor-in-chief of the newspaper noted that he had filed a claim to the fifth police station of Binagadi district of Baku.

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Khazar Ibrahim: “The negotiation process is protracted by Armenia”

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Regnum news agency has recently published a news “Ancient city of Tigranakert in Nagorno Karabakh is declared a reserve”.

In particular, according to the material, the so-called “Tigranakert”, which was allegedly revealed by Armenian archaeologists, got a status of the reserve. According to the material, this was reported during the discussion of the draft state budget of the so-called “NKR”.

The material also says that it was decided to allocate 35 mln drams from the state budget of “NKR” of 2009 for continuation of works in the city.

Day.Az has applied for comments to spokesman for Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry Khazar Ibrahim.

“Such actions from the side of Armenia contradict to the norms and principles of international law, the commitments, assumed by the states in the framework of international organizations, as well as documents, Armenia is a party to.

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Spokesman for Armenian President: “There is no definite agreement about the next meeting of the Presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan”

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“No agreements have yet been reached about the next meeting of the Presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan, terms and site of its holding”, said spokesman for Armenian President Samwell Farmanyan, answering the question whether the statement of chief of department of external ties of the Azerbaijani presidential administration Novruz Mamedov that there is a plan to hold a meeting between the Presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan is real.

“There is no agreement about the next meeting of the Presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan, the date and the place of its conduction, though the possibility of such a meeting is not ruled out”, said the spokesman for the Armenian President.

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Radio Liberty opens correspondent point in Nagorno Karabakh

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After a long interval Radio Liberty opened its correspondent point in Nagorno Karabakh, reports Kavkazskiy uzel with reference to chief of information department of the Foreign Ministry of the so-called “NKR” Marcell Petrosyan.

 ”We can only welcome the fact that after a long term interval Radio Liberty again has its correspondent in Nagorno Karabakh. Recognizing the supremacy of democratic values, we respect the right for freedom of speech and information. It seems that different things occur in Azerbaijan, where the powers intend to close the correspond points of Radio Liberty, Voice of America and BBC”, said Marcel Petrosyan.

“Unlike Azerbaijan, we have nothing to conceal and we would be glad if more countries and people learn about us”, said Petrosyan.  Read the rest of this entry »

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Lorens Schitz: “It would be naive to think that Russia does not want to dislocate its peacekeepers in the region”

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Day.Az interview with Lorens Schitz, director of the program of the International crisis group on the Caucasus.

 - In Moscow, on November 2,  Ilham Aliyev, Serzh Sargsyan and Dmitri Medvedev signed a Declaration on regulating the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. Though, document is considered differently by Azerbaijan, Armenia and Russia. So, what is your analysis of the Moscow Declaration? In your opinion, which way of the Nagorno-Karabakh settlement can be seriously considered now? Let’s assume that Russia is sincere in her efforts, then how can you explain Moscow’s haste?  

- The Karabakh conflict continues can be solved given sufficient political will in both Azerbaijan and Armenia, and good-faith efforts of the current mediating parties to help the sides realize that difficult compromises are necessary on all sides to achieve a solution. The Moscow declaration, while rather general on content, was nonetheless an opportunity for the sides to meet face to face. This can only be welcomed. As to Moscow’s motivations, it is not uncharacteristic for various mediators in any armed conflict to attempt to at one time or another to demonstrate their activism, both for domestic political reasons as well as to show the effectiveness of their efforts at international diplomacy. This is a rather natural result of diplomatic efforts to end such conflicts, and as such is not confined solely to the political culture of the Russian Federation or other regional or world actors.   

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