Azerbaijan is urging the international community to put pressure on Armenia to ensure the implementation of the United Nations Security Council's resolutions on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict settlement, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov said.
UNITED NATIONS (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 29th September, 2018) Azerbaijan is urging the international community to put pressure on Armenia to ensure the implementation of the United Nations Security Council's resolutions on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict settlement, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov said.
The minister delivered a speech on the sidelines of the 73rd session of the UN General Assembly in New York late on Friday.
"We call upon the international community to send a strong message to and exert pressure on Armenia to ensure its fill compliance with international law and to immediately and unconditionally start implementation of the relevant UN Security Council resolutions adopted with regard to the settlement of the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict," Mammadyarov was quoted as saying by the UN official website.
Mammadyarov stressed that if Armenia considered itself a democratic country, it should act in conformity with democratic values and should withdraw its troops from Azerbaijan's occupied territories.
"Azerbaijan sincerely believes that there is no alternative to peace, stability and mutually beneficial regional cooperation and is the most interested party in the earliest political settlement of the conflict," the minister added.
The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict dates back to 1988, when the Armenian-dominated autonomous region announced its secession from the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic. In 1991, the Armenia-backed region proclaimed independence from Azerbaijan and the creation of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, which triggered an armed conflict and led to Armenia seizing control over most of the region.
In 1994, the two sides reached a ceasefire agreement, however, tensions escalated again in 2016. The sides soon reached a new truce but clashes continued.
In 2008, the United Nations adopted a resolution calling for the immediate withdrawal of Armenian troops from Nagorno-Karabakh and reaffirmed its support for Azerbaijan's territorial integrity.
