BAKU, Azerbaijan, November 19. Azerbaijani
parliamentarians have confirmed that the safety of Armenian
residents of Karabakh can be ensured, writes Gary Cartwright,
writer and editor of EU At the moment, Pattern reviews.
In his article, he famous {that a} delegation of Azerbaijani
parliament members lately visited Brussels. They took the
alternative to interact with journalists, discussing their nation’s
perspective on future relations with Armenia.
“Tural Ganjaliyev, who chairs the EU-Azerbaijan Parliamentary
Cooperation Committee, defined that regardless of the occasions of the
previous these Armenians who had settled in Karabakh have been welcome to
keep. The Azerbaijani authorities has launched an internet site for
Armenians who had left Karabakh to register to return, nevertheless
Armenia has blocked entry to it,” the writer says.
Additional, he referenced Vugar Bayramov, a member of Azerbaijan’s
Parliamentary Committee for Financial Coverage, Industries, and
Enterprise. Bayramov expressed that resolving the long-standing
frozen battle within the area might convey important constructive
results not simply to the economies of Azerbaijan and Armenia however
additionally to Georgia. The notion is that the three South Caucasus
international locations might probably create a strong unified market.
“Azerbaijan, Georgia and probably Armenia kind a part of the
Center Hall commerce route which hyperlinks Asia and Europe by way of the
Caspian Sea, the South Caucasus and Türkiye.
Bayramov spoke of how an east-west transport route would profit
Armenia, each by way of its personal logistics and by serving to to construct
a sustainable peace. That can want time, he acknowledged, however the
normalisation course of may very well be quick. He envisaged a future the place
Azerbaijan invested in Armenia, a lot because it presently does in
Georgia and Türkiye,” he famous.
Furthermore, Gary Cartwright recounted his conversations with
Azerbaijanis who had been displaced for greater than 30 years as a result of
the Armenian occupation. Their sole need was to return dwelling.
“In my coronary heart I felt that they have been unlikely to ever return dwelling.
However now they’re returning,” he added.