President of Azerbaijan: "Unfortunately, the results of the Minsk Group for 28 years are zero"

"Unfortunately, the result of the Minsk group in 28 years is equal to zero".

Qazet.az reports that President Ilham Aliyev said this during his speech at the meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) in Astana on October 14.

"First of all, I would like to inform my colleagues about the situation in our region. My colleagues know very well that during the occupation of the territories of Azerbaijan by the Armenian armed forces, I never discussed this topic within the framework of the CIS. Because the issue of conflict settlement was dealt with by the OSCE Minsk Group, it had a mandate. Unfortunately, the result of the Minsk Group in 28 years is zero. As it seems now, the main goal of this organization was not to settle the conflict, but to freeze it. Conducting negotiations was only a cover for the conflict to remain unresolved for many years. Thus, the conflict has been resolved "Azerbaijan resolved the conflict by itself in accordance with international law, the UN Charter, including Article 51 of the UN Charter, which stipulates that every country has the right to self-defense," the head of state said.