Azerbaijan removed its draft resolution on occupied territories of Azerbaijan from the agenda of the 64th session of the U.N. Parliamentary Assembly, a source at the U.N. informed NEWS.am.

No official comments on the decision have yet been made.

RA Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian stated earlier that Azerbaijan’s resolution on Nagorno-Karabakh submitted to the U.N. General Assembly by Azerbaijan was a destructive step, which could cause serious damage to the Nagorno-Karabakh peace process.

Most of the U.S. member-states hold the opinion that such issues must not be put on the General Assembly agenda, but should be discussed in the previously established format, Minister Nalbandian stated at his meeting with Armenian students on September 1.

 “Diplomacy is like an iceberg. Its visible part is very small. It is the part much is not spoken of. Otherwise expectations may fail. Yes, we are taking necessary steps. The international community’s recent approaches to the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh problem are similar to ours. Do you think such approaches come out of nothing? While Azerbaijan disrespects the most important principle of international law, nonuse and no threat of force, the international community considers this principle a basic one in the Nagorno-Karabakh peace process,” stated Nalbandian.