President Ilham Aliyev: Solution to Nagorno-Karabakh conflict must be based only on the respect to the norms and principles of international law

Astana, December 2 (AzerTAc). “Nagorno-Karabakh is a historic part of Azerbaijan. It is internationally recognized part of Azerbaijan. Today Armenia continues to use force to sustain the control over the occupied territories and to hinder the return of the IDPs to their homes. But nevertheless Azerbaijan was always and remains committed to the peaceful negotiations and still hopes that they will bring results,” President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev said at the OSCE summit here.
“Solution to the conflict must be based only on the respect to the norms and principles of international law, implementation of 4 UN Security Council resolutions, decisions of OSCE, resolutions of European Parliament, the Council of Europe and other international organizations,” he said.
“But Armenia instead of negotiating in good faith with a view to finding a durable solution to the conflict as soon as possible, gives preference to its escalation with unpredictable consequences. Armenia permanently violates the cease-fire regime, conducts military trainings in the occupied territories, tries to rename the historical names of our occupied cities and villages. Armenia illegally settles civilians in the occupied territories, tries to make the situation irreversible and peace process meaningless,” the President added.