The 2 states expressed views on their long-running dispute over the Nagorno-Karabakh region, which is part of Azerbaijan but occupied by Armenian forces, during the General Assembly’s annual general debate. President Serzh Sargsyan of Armenia,(Top PHOTO), speaking on 9-23-2011, said the people of Nagorno-Karabakh had two decades ago made a choice “by exercising their right to self-determination, by withstanding the war unleashed by Azerbaijan, and surviving bloodshed to earn their right to live in freedom. “He said conflict settlement talks are continuing under the mediation of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe’s (OSCE) Minsk Group co-chairs. (From UN News Centre Sources) Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov of Azerbaijan, (Bottom PHOTO), speaking 9-27-2011, said Armenia had flagrantly violated the UN Charter and other documents of international law and perpetrated aggression against his country. “As a result of this aggression, almost 20 per cent of the territory of Azerbaijan continues to remain under occupation and about one million Azerbaijani refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs) are unable to return to their homes.” Mr. Mammadyarov said Armenia’s leadership “continues to publicly incite the future generations to new wars, violence and aggression and propagate by all means the dangerous ideas of animosity and hatred towards not only Azerbaijan, but also other peoples of the region.” Armenia’s Reply: Exercising his right of reply, a representative of Armenia said the comments of Azerbaijan were Cold War-style propaganda that did nothing to bring about a resolution of the dispute. He said Mr. Mammadyarov had misinterpreted the UN Charter and several Security Council resolutions, and was creating artificial delays to any settlement. Azerbaijan Counter-Reply: In response, a representative of Azerbaijan said Armenia had been “carrying out ethnic cleansing on a massive scale” in Nagorno-Karabakh, and would be eventually forced to “cease its provocative policies.” By Ambassador Muhamed Sacirbey

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