News.Az - 'Self-determination cannot and must not violate the territorial integrity of states', said the Azerbaijani minister.
Russian Federation and the EU are examples of successful self-determination of national minorities within the territorial integrity of states for Armenians of Nagorno Karabakh who demand their independence in vain, said Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov.
'Meanwhile, self-determination cannot and must not violate the territorial integrity of states, and I can give a thousand examples of successful self-determination of various national minorities within the territorial integrity of states. For example, the Russian Federation or the European Union. And there are many such examples ", AzerTaj quoted Mammadyarov as saying in the German society on foreign policy issues in Berlin on Tuesday.
'If two people want to achieve good long-term peace, then the compromise must be based primarily on legitimate foundation. Unilateral actions of the Armenian community of Nagorno-Karabakh in 1988-1992 were not based on a legitimate basis. Both Republican and federal laws were violated in many episodes. Consequently, all actions of the Armenian community of Nagorno-Karabakh had no legal effect', the minister stressed.
According to the Foreign Minister, the Madrid principles speaks of the legal status of the region not by accident 'because the current status is not legal.'
'Determination of a binding legal status of the region is possible only by joint efforts of those who live there, and those who lived there, but was forcibly evicted. The will expression is not possible under the muzzles of Kalashnikov assault rifles, and in an atmosphere of confidence and without pressure from outside and inside. It is difficult to say when it happens. But the sooner it happens, the better. I have no doubt that the day will come when the Armenians of Karabakh would consider it a huge honor to be called citizens of Azerbaijan', said E. Mammadyarov.
When asked "how many displaced people will be ready to return to their homes," Mammadyarov said that most of them were employed in the agricultural sector.
'These are people of the land. And the people cannot live without land. They will come back', he stressed.
The minister also said that Azerbaijan carried out a number of projects to explore ways to rehabilitate the displaced persons together with the US research institutes. 'We have built and housed the majority of them in comfortable, but, nevertheless, temporary homes to enable them to return to their former homes. Their return is an important part of the peace process', said Mammadyarov.
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