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2023-09-20

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2023-09-21

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1. “There is a historic obligation to seize that opportunity and bring it to its culmination. We therefore once again urge the Armenian side and the other interested parties not to waste this opportunity, not to repeat previous and recent mistakes, and to act with the prospect of leaving a peaceful and prosperous South Caucasus to succeeding generations.”

   2023-09-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9422 (2023) · source

2. “We hope that such contacts will continue and be productive in order to resolve the decades-long issues. I would like to echo the remarks made by my President during his address to the General Assembly (see A/78/PV.4), in which he said that we expect Armenia to fulfil its promises, especially the opening of the Zangezur corridor. As everyone now accepts, Karabakh is Azerbaijani territory. The imposition of a status other than that will never be accepted. Our primary goal should be for everyone, including the Armenians, to live peacefully, side by side, on Azerbaijan lands. We support the steps taken by Azerbaijan to protect its territorial integrity. It is time to look ahead and support diplomacy. A new door of hope for a lasting settlement has opened.”

   2023-09-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9422 (2023) · source

3. “Surely that was not only Azerbaijan’s sovereign right but also its obligation to ensure the security of its citizens. I would specifically like to remind the Council that just hours before beginning its counter-terror operation in Karabakh, Azerbaijan lost seven citizens in two separate mine explosions that had been planted by the separatist illegal formations as a strong provocation. The counter-terror operation was swiftly concluded on 20 September, and Azerbaijan’s legitimate demands to disarm and disband the illegal military formations on its own land and for the dissolution of the illegitimate structure were finally accepted. Türkiye welcomes the meeting between representatives of Azerbaijan and Karabakh Armenians held today, 21 September.”

   2023-09-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9422 (2023) · source

4. “Furthermore, over the past three years, the Armenian side has continued to spread false information about the situation in the region, directing baseless and unsubstantiated accusations, commissioning so-called expert reports based on distorted data and abusing international platforms to advance a fake agenda. That is not the way to seek peace and reconciliation. The way to do that is by approaching the negotiation table with sincere intent and political will to reach a settlement and to continue that process with good faith. After suffering for three years from all those acts, we believe that Azerbaijan was left with no choice but to take the measures it deemed necessary for its own security and stability, and it therefore launched its counter-terrorism operation on 19 September against the illegal military formations in Karabakh.”

   2023-09-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9422 (2023) · source

5. “In addition, the illegitimate structure in Khankendi has maintained its existence and separatist activities. The illegal military formations in Karabakh have continued their armed attacks. Heavy and other weaponry in the region remain deployed, and a bloody mine warfare was carried out against Azerbaijani citizens. The facts, data and evidence provided by Azerbaijan today speak for themselves. Nevertheless, Azerbaijan’s consistent initiatives to address those issues through dialogue with Armenia and the representatives of Karabakh Armenians were met with an uncooperative attitude. Azerbaijan’s initiatives on the humanitarian front and on the reintegration of the Armenian population in the region, such as the opening of the Aghdam-Khankendi road, were also repeatedly refused.”

   2023-09-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9422 (2023) · source

6. “With that in mind, from the very beginning we have fully supported and continue to support the peace process launched between Azerbaijan and Armenia and have ourselves initiated a normalization process with our neighbour Armenia. We have welcomed, promoted and contributed to each and every effort deployed that has brought help to further that process between our two neighbours. In particular, the signing of a comprehensive peace treaty between Azerbaijan and Armenia based on the principles of sovereignty and territorial integrity has been and remains crucial for the eventual success of that process. However, over the past three years we have witnessed that the Armenian side has been reluctant to fully implement the trilateral declaration, which put an end to hostilities at the end of the second Nagorno-Karabakh war.”

   2023-09-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9422 (2023) · source

7. “Mr. Akçapar (Türkiye): I thank the members of the Security Council for providing me the opportunity to address them and I also thank the Assistant Secretary-General. We are meeting at a time when a counter-operation has already ended and talks have begun as we speak. Since the end of the second Nagorno-Karabakh war some three years ago, Türkiye has repeatedly underlined on every platform the fact that a historic opportunity to achieve a comprehensive and lasting peace in the South Caucasus has finally emerged. We have urged all sides, third parties and international actors to make use of that opportunity and bring a lasting settlement to the ongoing conflict in the region.”

   2023-09-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9422 (2023) · source

8. “It may be said that the current dynamics of the conflict may perhaps not be conducive to resuming negotiations. However, we must be ready when that inevitable moment emerges. Fortune favours the prepared. That brings me to an even larger issue. Conflicts are on the rise. The principle of the peaceful settlement of disputes is enshrined in the Charter of this Organization, whose fundamental principles we have been striving to uphold and restore over the past one and a half years. The Charter of the United Nations already involves essential tools to prevent and peacefully resolve conflicts such as the one in Ukraine. Those tools can and must be utilized to the fullest in a constructive and innovative way. In the period ahead, Türkiye will maintain its unwavering support to Ukraine not only to win the war, but also to win the peace.”

   2023-09-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9421Resumption1 (2023) · source

9. “Ukraine deserves a just peace that will secure its sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity within its internationally recognized borders. We remain convinced that this can be achieved through negotiations and that the diplomatic track is worth every effort. The broader issues concerning European security and preventing future crises and conflicts can be settled only purposefully through diplomacy, and diplomacy cannot thrive while the cycle of conflict endures. With that understanding, we have supported attempts at facilitating that, including the Chinese and African initiatives. We expressed our support for the Ukrainian peace plan in principle and participate in its meetings. We also note that a negotiated peace would have to include both Ukraine and Russia.”

   2023-09-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9421Resumption1 (2023) · source

10. “Its ultimate termination will unsettle the global food markets and has already shaken the stability of the Black Sea, creating risks of escalation, with the rest of the world waiting in suspense. Now we are working closely with the United Nations to revive the Initiative. As unanimously declared by almost every country that spoke today, overwhelming global support for the restoration of the Initiative is heartening and central to the efforts of the United Nations and our own efforts. Sustainable food security depends on ensuring an uninterrupted supply from all resources available. Fair and equitable distribution of food products should also be integral to the campaign. Ultimately, diplomacy can, we hope, help us reach our goal to revive this precious Initiative.”

    2023-09-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9421Resumption1 (2023) · source

11. “The conflict’s regional and global fallout is becoming worse. Challenges we have been facing in food, energy and supply line security are deepening. As we head into the second year of the war, Türkiye remains firmly committed to Ukraine’s territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence. In the meantime, our pursuit of a negotiated end to the conflict continues. Since the start of the war, Türkiye has assumed efforts to facilitate diplomatic talks. After negotiations collapsed in March of last year, we shifted our efforts to addressing the practical challenges of the war, such as prisoner exchanges, food security and nuclear security. Our diplomatic efforts, together with the United Nations, brought the Black Sea Grain Initiative to life, which lasted for a year and averted a global food crisis.”

    2023-09-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9421Resumption1 (2023) · source

12. “Unfortunately, that system has morphed into a mechanism that prioritizes the interests of the few and is becoming increasingly anachronistic. With the war in Ukraine, the United Nations is confronting a crisis that has shaken the Organization’s founding principles. It is fair to say that such cataclysmic chapters are hardly exceptional in the history of our Organization. There have been moments in the past when the United Nations failed to do its duty because the veto of one member trumped the will of the rest. The ongoing war in Ukraine has laid bare the crisis in representation within the Organization. After 18 months, there is still no end in sight for the war. The protracted and attritional nature of the conflict continues to exact a heavy toll on Ukraine and its people, as well as the region and indeed increasingly the world.”

    2023-09-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9421Resumption1 (2023) · source

13. “Mr. Akçapar (Türkiye): We are living on a precipice where our deliberations do matter. Türkiye has been a strong advocate of the rules-based international system, and we are concerned about the possibility that humankind may not protect it. The United Nations is at the core of efforts to uphold, restore and bolster international peace and security and sustainable development. The United Nations and the Security Council itself matter. The Council was created to prevent the scourge of war, and its primary purpose should continue to be our guiding light in rendering the United Nations more fit for purpose. The power of the veto was granted to the permanent members of the Security Council to enable them to avert conflicts, protect victims and facilitate the maintenance of peace.”

    2023-09-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9421Resumption1 (2023) · source