Turkish Republic considers the 'parliamentary elections' to take place on May 3 in Azerbaijan’s Nagorno-Karabakh region, which has been under Armenian occupation for more than 20 years, are part of attempts to unilaterally legitimize the unlawful situation in those territories, the Turkish Foreign Ministry said today.
“Such initiatives would mean an apparent violation of international law, UN Security Council resolutions and OSCE principles. At a time when the OSCE negotiations, aimed at achieving a peaceful solution to the Nagorno-Karabakh problem, and the Azerbaijani-Armenian conflict are continuing, these illegal 'elections' are not going to contribute to settlement efforts in the occupied Nagorno-Karabakh region,” the Turkish Foreign Ministry said, stressing that the country strictly condemns this act, which is aimed at a new violation of Azerbaijan’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, and does not recognize any results of these kinds of illegal initiatives that have nothing to do with international law.
The separatist Nagorno-Karabakh regime is planning to hold 'parliamentary elections' in the occupied Azerbaijani territories on May 3.
