Baku / 12.04.19 / Turan: The Prime Minister of Armenia, who called on Azerbaijan to renounce the use of force and not threaten to use force, should familiarize himself with the Helsinki Final Act of 1975, the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry said in a comment regarding Nikol Pashinyan"s speech in Strasbourg on April 11.
The second principle of the Helsinki Final Act states that states will refrain in mutual relations from the use of force or the threat of force, against the territorial integrity or political independence of any state.
The entire international community recognizes the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan within the framework of internationally recognized borders, and the fourth UNSC resolution of 1993 emphasizes that Nagorno-Karabakh is an integral part of Azerbaijan, and demands are made for the immediate, full and unconditional withdrawal of invading Armenian forces from the territories of Azerbaijan.
"We urge the Prime Minister of Armenia to take urgent steps in accordance with the requirements of the international community to withdraw the armed forces of his country from the occupied territories of Azerbaijan in order to ensure sustainable peace, security and prosperity in the region," the Foreign Ministry said in a comment. -02D-
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Armenia is not against the dissolution of the OSCE Minsk Group, but does not consider it appropriate to discuss this issue now. "In the context of peace, we consider it possible to make a decision on the dissolution of the OSCE Minsk Group. When peace is an established fact, the existence of such a format may raise questions," Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said at a press conference today. "The whole question is about the timing, we need to understand how effectively and correctly to turn such topics into a subject of discussion right now," the Armenian Prime Minister added.
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