Azerbaijani FM attends Caspian Forum in New York
Baku, September 27 (AZERTAC). Azerbaijan`s Minister of Foreign Affairs Elmar Mammadyarov has attended the Caspian Forum on the sidelines of the 68th Regular Session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA 68) in New York.
The forum brought together foreign minister of Azerbaijan, Turkey, Georgia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia and Albania, as well as US Special Envoy and Coordinator for international energy issues and EU Special Representative for Central Asia.Addressing the forum, Mammadyarov informed the attendees on Azerbaijan`s energy strategy, and stressed the importance of regional energy projects. The Minister noted that foundation of international cooperation in the Caspian Sea was laid down by the farsighted vision and political will of Heydar Aliyev, national leader of Azerbaijan and energy corridor brought to fruition by signing of “Contract of Century”, nowadays was further broadened and diversified by the determined steps of Ilham Aliyev, President of the Republic of Azerbaijan.
Touching upon Azerbaijan`s contribution to European energy security, Mammadyarov stressed the strategic importance of TANAP and TAP projects, and touched upon the role would be played by these projects in economic prosperity and stability of the participating regional countries.
Characterizing the Armenia-Azerbaijan Nagorno-Karabakh conflict as a major impediment to the development of the region, Minister Mammadyarov stressed the importance of soonest resolution of this conflict. He particularly underlined that for the settlement of the conflict first of all it is extremely important to ensure withdrawal of armed forces of Armenia from the occupied territories of Azerbaijan and return of forcibly displaced Azerbaijani refugees and IDPs as a result of ethnic cleansing to their places of origin.
Mammadyarov said that Armenia not fulfilling the demands of four UN Security Council resolutions was left aside from all strategic projects of the region as a result of its policy of occupation and aggression.
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