If after the forthcoming meeting of the Presidents of Azerbaijan and Armenia in an informal CIS summit, scheduled for May 8, Armenia will agree with updated Madrid principles, a stage of a great peace treaty will be launched, chairman of the Center for Political Innovation and Technologies Mubariz Ahmadoglu said at a press conference on Tuesday.
“If the Armenian side does not sign the document, the updated Madrid principles can be delivered to the UN Security Council, where the fifth resolution related to the Nagorno-Karabakh can be taken”, Ahmadoglu said.
Political analyst said that if this is impossible, then Azerbaijan will have no option but war.
“The Azerbaijani President did everything for the conflict to be resolved peacefully. Afterwards, the responsibility for war rests on Armenia, U.S, France and Russia”, Ahmadoglu said.
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 7 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 resolutions on the liberation of the Nagorno-Karabakh region and the occupied territories.
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