UN: OSCE MG reaffirms support for Azerbaijan's territorial integrity

PanARMENIAN.Net - The OSCE Minsk Group has declared support for Azerbaijan's territorial integrity, calling on its government for a more constructive dialogue with Armenia, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon stated in his report titled "The situation in the occupied territories of Azerbaijan", which was submitted to consideration of the UN General Assembly.



The report is based on the letters issued by the OSCE MG Co-chairs and by several other UN member states with proposals for resolution of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict.



In March 2008 the UN General Assembly in its resolution 62/243 called on member states and international and regional organizations to make an effective contribution to the process of the conflict resolution. It requested the Secretary-General to present a comprehensive report on the implementation of this resolution at the 63rd session.



The UN Secretary General's report says that according to the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs the General Assembly resolution 62/243 is selectively propagating only some of the earlier suggested principles of conflict resolution.



"This lack of balance has forced our countries to vote against this resolution, to our great regret. Nevertheless, during the explanation of motives and again today, we reaffirm our support for the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan," says the letter the OSCE Minsk Group addressed the UN.



The United States, Russia and France declared that "the most effective way, with which Azerbaijan can regain its territorial integrity, is a continuation of the increasingly constructive dialogue with Armenia" in order to complete the basic principles that the Co-chairs suggested the two sides in Madrid, the UN news center reported.