BAKU, Azerbaijan, December 19. Azerbaijan is
able to course of all acceptable authorized functions from Armenians
on reintegration, Assistant to the President of Azerbaijan and Head
of the International Coverage Division of the Presidential
Administration, Hikmet Hajiyev stated in an interview with BBC World,
Pattern stories.
”Armenia, all through the years of occupation, performed
infamous ethnic cleaning in opposition to Azerbaijanis. A million
Azerbaijanis are nonetheless refugees and IDPs. Azerbaijan is within the
means of returning a million refugees and IDPs to their houses,
they usually have been disadvantaged of this proper for greater than 30 years.
Nevertheless, within the meantime, there have been Armenians who determined to
depart Karabakh, no matter the truth that we have been calling for
them to remain. Azerbaijan ensures all the probabilities, together with
safety and security, for his or her return. For that purpose, we have now
established a selected digital portal for the applying of
citizenship. First, we should always determine that there ought to be a
correct authorized framework for Armenians to return. One of many main
preconditions right here is accepting Azerbaijani citizenship and dwelling
underneath Azerbaijani legal guidelines and laws. For that purpose, and we
made it clear, on a case-by-case foundation, we’re prepared to contemplate
and course of all acceptable authorized functions,” he stated.
Based on Hajiyev, at the moment, talks on the diplomatic stage
are ongoing between Azerbaijan and Armenia.
”Azerbaijan is able to kind a peace treaty with Armenia. For
that purpose, Azerbaijan has additionally urged 5 basic
ideas and a textual content for a peace treaty. At the moment, there are
diplomatic engagements between Armenia and Azerbaijan in direct
talks. I imagine that Armenia and Azerbaijan have managed to
shock the world with a optimistic agenda. On December 7, the 2
international locations made a joint assertion expressing their intention to
advance the peace agenda and implement confidence-building
measures,” the assistant to the president stated.
He famous that final three months could possibly be thought of as essentially the most
calm and peaceable interval within the historical past of Armenia-Azerbaijan
relationship because the independence of the 2 international locations.
”There isn’t a warfare, no atrocities, and no confrontation, with
troopers returning to their barracks. Relative peace has been
ensured on the bottom. Now’s the time to rework it right into a
long-lasting peace, together with the signing of a peace treaty,”
Hajiyev identified.