The Azerbaijani authorities are once more trying to deceive both the international community and the Azerbaijani people. In addition to the sensational story about the resolution on peoples’ self-determination approved by the U.N. General Assembly late last year, the News.az website published one more provocative article, which allegedly deals with a message about the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict addressed to the U.N. General Assembly by Azerbaijani Permanent Representative at the U.N. Akshin Mehtiyev.

This propaganda statement is not an appeal to the U.N., but actually a protest against the accusations against the Azerbaijani authorities brought by the Armenian Ambassador and other officials at U.N. agencies in New York.

Let us consider the “informative” part of the letter, which allegedly deals with historical facts. It is a waste of time, self-deception. The letter was obviously aimed at distorting the history and development of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. But, leaving the contents of the letter to historians and diplomats, we would like to address the main point. The main point is that the Azerbaijani propaganda is trying to get the Nagorno-Karabakh problem put on the U.N. agenda and, supported by a number of states, have resolutions adopted to boast about “the great achievements” of Baku School of Diplomacy.

After announcing the failure of the OSCE Minsk Group for the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, official Baku, with its potential in this field totally exhausted, is trying to raise the issue at the U.N. Later, the list may include NATO, Council of Europe and so on. It is high time for the Azeri authorities to realize that the Nagorno-Karabakh problem cannot be resolved at the U.N. or any other organization that is not entitled to deal with the problem.

To resolve the conflict, the conflicting parties, first of all Azerbaijan, have to show political will to implement the agreements reached as a result of negotiations within the OSCE Minsk Group and, which is most important, to ensure Nagorno-Karabakh’s participation in the negotiations.

T.P.