He said that the State of Palestine does not recognize Nagorno-Karabakh, and therefore does not recognize the election held there. He went on to add that Palestine repeatedly expressed its position on this issue. Nagorno-Karabakh is the internationally recognized territory of Azerbaijan, he said. The ambassador said that Palestine continues to support Azerbaijan in an effort to urge Armenia to fulfill UN Security Council resolutions on the liberation of the occupied territories.
He said that Palestine in support of Azerbaijan has no diplomatic relations with Armenia.
”We are the state that is under occupation and Azerbaijani territories are also occupied,” the ambassador said. “There is no way that Palestine supports the elections or supports any imposing or creating any acts that violate the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan. We talked about it multiple times, there is no question about it. This is a clear stand. President Mahmoud Abbas made it very clear when he was in Baku.”
Earlier, the Azerbaijani foreign ministry called the ‘parliamentary election’ planned to be held by the separatist regime of Nagorno-Karabakh on May 3 as illegal.
“The upcoming “election” is a clear violation of the Constitution of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the norms and principles of international law,” spokesman for the Azerbaijani foreign ministry Hikmet Hajiyev said. “This “election” is aimed at undermining the negotiation process on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict settlement.”
The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988 when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. As a result of the ensuing war, in 1992 Armenian armed forces occupied 20 percent of Azerbaijan, including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and seven surrounding districts.
The two countries 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 UN Security Council`s four resolutions on the liberation of the Nagorno-Karabakh and the surrounding regions.
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