Tuesday, 2 August 2011
Azerbaijan, Baku, August 1 / Trend /
The non-allocation of money by the Subcommittee on Appropriations of the U.S. House of Representatives to the separatist regime of Nagorno-Karabakh for 2012 is a positive sign.
The U.S. already knows that the earlier allocated funds were spent to strengthen separatism and hostility, rather than in the interests of civilians, chairman of the Public Association "Azerbaijani community of Nagorno-Karabakh region of the Azerbaijan Republic" Bayram Safarov said in an interview with the official website of the ruling "New Azerbaijan" party.
"The international community understands the real essence of Armenian policy," he said. It sees that it does not serve to peace establishment."
Frankly speaking, the U.S. officials have previously said that the funds allocated to the Nagorno-Karabakh are the humanitarian aid, Safarov said. "But no one was accountable for spending these funds," he said. "This created confidence that the millions are being spent in the interest of the separatist regime. If the actions of a humanitarian nature are taken, first, people expelled from Nagorno-Karabakh must be supported. I hope that the next stages will be also successful and, despite the Armenians' attempts, the U.S. Congress will not allocate funds to the Nagorno Karabakh separatists."
The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988 when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Armenian armed forces have occupied 20 percent of Azerbaijan since 1992, including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and seven surrounding districts.
Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a ceasefire agreement in 1994. The co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group - Russia, France, and the U.S. - are currently holding the peace negotiations.
Armenia has not yet implemented the U.N. Security Council's four resolutions on the liberation of the Nagorno-Karabakh and the surrounding regions.
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Tuesday, 2 August 2011
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