BAKU - Murtuz Alasgarov, the Chairman of the National Assembly of Azerbaijan, said on Monday that some countries and international organizations were using double standard regarding the Upper Karabakh issue.
Meeting Turkish parliamentary delegation headed by Haluk Ipek, the Chairman of Turkish-Azerbaijani Interparliamentary Friendship Group, Alasgarov said that Armenia, who occupied a part of Azerbaijani territory, should be qualified as ''aggressive''.
Recalling that co-chairmen of Minsk Group of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), who had undertaken the role of mediation in settlement of Upper Karabakh issue, completed their visit to the region a few days ago, Alasgarov said, ''they are making meaningless speeches. We are not pleased with the position of the co-chairmen.''
Alasgarov stated that the co-chairmen did not tried to find a realistic solution to the issue and stood unjustly beside Armenia. Defining this attitude as a double standard, the Azerbaijani National Assembly Chairman said that his country would fight for justice whatever it costs.
Noting that his nation lost its patience and demand that Azerbaijani territory should be gained back by other means, Alasgarov said, ''we will do this if UN doesn't adopt serious measures to find a solution.''
Alasgarov defined bilateral relations between Turkish and Azerbaijani parliaments as perfect, but said that they were working to further improve these relations.
Haluk Ipek, in his part, said, ''Upper Karabakh is always on Turkey's list of topics'' and noted that according to international law Upper Karabakh was Azerbaijani territory.
Ipek said, ''This is a globally accepted fact. Today's situation is temporary.''
(BRC-ULG) 19.07.2004