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“I think that all the conflicts in the post-Soviet area, and in the world in general, must be treated from the same angle, same approach, and also the same international law norms must be applied,” Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has stated during his speech at the panel session entitled “Regions in Transformation: Eurasia” held as part of the World Economic Forum in Davos, APA reports.
The president said that the biggest problem for Azerbaijan is the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and its solution: “Azerbaijan has been suffering from the Armenian occupation for over 20 years, and the negotiation process doesn’t lead to any results. If a conflict is not resolved and is protracted, it leads the way to other conflicts. The situation in the post-Soviet area is disappointing. A lot has changed since I was here the last time. We have new threats that we couldn’t even imagine we would ever have. And they are no longer regional, but global”.
According to the head of state, the terrible attacks in Europe may have been resulted from destabilization and maybe lack of timely reaction to the issues which seemed to be local or regional: “Of course, the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan is a regional conflict, but it has an impact on a broader scale both from geographical and methodological points of view. If the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict is not resolved based on international law, then you must be ready to see similar things in other parts of the world. It is also important that the international law norms should not be interpreted by different countries with respect to their interests. They must be interpreted as they are written. There is a very clear definition in the UN Charter, OSCE documents and other international organizations about the priorities of the principles of international law. All of them must be observed, then we will avoid double standards, and more importantly – we will avoid – and maybe reduce – the risks of new conflicts in our region”.
Apa.az
