The public should know that the negotiations on Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh are conducted by certain officials,” chairman of the Azerbaijani Parliament’s Committee on Law Policy and State Building Ali Huseynli told APA.
Huseynli noted that in accordance with law the negotiations on the Nagorno-Karabakh settlement are conducted at the level of presidents and foreign ministers: “Only in exceptional cases, Azerbaijani parliamentarians can pay mutual visits within international organizations. Projects implemented by the West and the United States under the guise of “people’s policy” are not only pointless, but also dangerous. Our public should know it. “People’s policy” is possible only after the occupied territories of Azerbaijan are liberated, a peace treaty is signed and Armenia officially apologizes for the committed crimes in Azerbaijan, including Khojaly genocide. Only once, after the statements issued by Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, a group of Azerbaijani intellectuals visited Armenia with the support of Moscow. But it did not continue, because Azerbaijan-Armenia talks stopped again after a certain period.”
The chairman stated that the contacts of journalists, representatives of NGOs and other civil societies under the pretence of “people’s diplomacy” can not be effective: “On the contrary, the incident on Rauf Mirgadirov showed that it is dangerous, Armenian special service took advantage of this opportunity. The visits and meetings of representatives of NGOs and other civil societies, individuals, journalists under the guise of “people’s diplomacy” served the interests of Armenian special services. Perhaps, it happened without their knowledge. Huseynli said that “people’s diplomacy” can lead only persons who received a mandate from the people.
Ali Huseynli also said that Azerbaijani law-enforcement and special service forces re distinguished by their professionalism: “I think that we should tolerate the ongoing steps and legal procedures. Of course, everything is carried out in compliance with the principle of presumption of innocence.”
/Apa/
