Armenian academic community appealed to OSCE Minsk Group

12/27/2005
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Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev on December 14 on the occasion of 60th anniversary of the Azerbaijani National Academy of Sciences. The Azerbaijani leader called the academicians of his country “to inform the international community actively and persistently that Armenian came to Nagorno Karabakh, an integral part of Azerbaijan as guests.” “Armenians have no rights to say that Nagorno Karabakh belonged to them in the past.[...].
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Representatives of the Armenian academic community regard it as inadmissible “the political order given by the president to the fundamental researchers.” “We are drawing attention of the Minsk Group co-chairmen to anti-scientific and anti-Armenian provocative statements by the president of Azerbaijan, which do not contribute to establishment of the atmosphere of trust between the conflicting parties and question the sincerity of the Azerbaijani party’s intentions in the settlement process,” the appeal to the countries and co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group.
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