Azerbaijan, Baku, 22 September/ Trend , corr I. Alizade/ Azerbaijan will invest in Nagorno-Karabakh as its territory, Elnur Aslanov, head of Political Analysis and Dataware Department of Presidential Administration said to Trend .
In his interview his foreign journalists, Armenian president Serj Sarkisyan commented on Azerbaijan's investing in Nagorno-Karabakh in exchange for willingness of Armenian's in Karabakh to live in composition of Azerbaijan's territory. "I suggested Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev to invest in Nagorno-Karabakh in order to demonstrate interest of Azerbaijanis in the well being of Karabakh and its safe life. Armenians in Karabakh may wish to live in the composition of Azerbaijan's territory after that," Sarkisyan said, BBC reported.
The conflict between the two countries of the South Caucasus began in 1988 due to Armenian territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Since 1992, Armenian Armed Forces have occupied 20% of Azerbaijan including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and its seven surrounding districts. In 1994, Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a ceasefire agreement at which time the active hostilities ended. The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group (Russia, France, and the US) are currently holding peaceful negotiations.
"Nagorno-Karabakh is a constituent part of Azerbaijan which has been occupied by Armenia. Naturally, Azerbaijan will invest in Nagorno-Karabakh as it is Azerbaijan's territory, develop infrastructure, build houses, schools, hospitals, restore all destroyed facilities, to return IDPs to their native lands as soon as occupied lands will be freed," head of department said.
At present, our aim is the triumph of justice and realization of fundamental principles of international law, Aslanov said.
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