Accusations heard from the UN rostrum
Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev made a speech at the 65th session of the UN General Assembly saying words of accusation for Armenia throughout his speech.
Azerbaijani President announced that Armenia has occupied the territories of Azerbaijan and carried out ethnic cleansing in these territories.
Ilham Aliyev also stressed that the ongoing armed conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan still represents major threat to international and regional peace and security.
Aliyev also said the soonest resolution of the armed conflict in and around the Nagorno Karabakh region of Azerbaijan remains a primary task for the country.
"The OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs countries extend their efforts to bring peace and stability to the region. The resolution of the conflict envisage the withdrawal of Armenian forces from the occupied territories within the fixed time framework, restoration of all communications, return of all refugees and internally displaced persons to their places of origin, international security guarantees, including peacekeeping forces, interim status to Nagorno Karabakh. We are ready to continue the talks in good faith for finalizing the status of Nagorno Karabakh within the Republic of Azerbaijan," he said
In his speech Turkey's President Abdullah Gul also referred to the Karabakh conflict resolution saying his country attaches great importance to the peaceful settlement of the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict.
"We all know the facts of the last time, when the protracted conflicts became a source of new conflicts. Therefore, Turkey attaches great importance to the peaceful settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict," Turkish President said.
Discussing the topic of security, the Turkish President, appealed to the international community and proposed to declare the Middle East a nuclear weapons-free zone.
"This is the best way to ensure security," President Gul said.
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad made a sensational speech during the 65th annual United Nations General Assembly saying the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks were carried out to benefit the U.S. economy and the "Zionist regime." Further, he called on the UN to set up a special commission to look into the attack.
Envoys representing the U.S. and dozens of other countries, including England, France and Israel walked out of the General Assembly during Ahmadinejad's speech.
