Azerbaijani Permanent Representative addresses letter on Nagorno-Karabakh to UN Secretary-General

Azerbaijan, Baku, June 1 / Trend / Permanent Representative of Azerbaijan to the United Nations Agshin Mehdiyev has sent a letter on the situation with international legal rights of the Azerbaijani internally displaced persons and the Republic of Armenia's responsibility, the report on the website of the UN News Centre says. The letter mentions the violation of the rights of the citizens of the Republic of Azerbaijan by their forcible displacement (or expulsion or deportation) from the occupied territories of the Republic of Azerbaijan (Nagorno-Karabakh and surrounding areas) by the armed forces of the Republic of Armenia or by subordinate forces for which it is internationally responsible. It also mentions the violation of the principle of non-discrimination in regard to Azerbaijani internally displaced persons, including the implantation of ethnic Armenian settlers in the occupied territories of Azerbaijan, as well as the prevention of access of Azerbaijani internally displaced persons to their property in the occupied territories by Armenia and those for whom it is responsible. Annex to the letter has a point about the right of return of Azerbaijani internally displaced persons to their homes in internationally recognized territory of the Republic of Azerbaijan, as well as the consequences flowing from the violation of the rights of the Azerbaijani internally displaced persons, including restitution and compensation. The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988 when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Armenian armed forces have occupied 20 per cent of Azerbaijan since 1992, including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and seven surrounding districts. Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a ceasefire agreement in 1994. The co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group - Russia, France and the US - are currently holding peace negotiations. Armenia has not yet implemented the U.N. Security Council's four resolutions on the liberation of the Nagorno-Karabakh and the surrounding regions. Do you have any feedback? Contact our journalist at agency@trend.az