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For the fifth year in a row, Azerbaijan withdraws from the UN General Assembly his draft resolution “On the Situation in the “Occupied Territories” of Azerbaijan.” The vote was due on December 12, but was delayed for indefinite time on Azerbaijan’s initiative.

Deputy Chairman on Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan Popular Front Party Razi Nurullayev commenting upon this situation told Faktxeber.com that the withdrawal of the draft resolution was due to several factors.

First, from January 2012 Azerbaijan begins a new stage of political and humanitarian activities in the international arena. This stage is linked with Azerbaijan’s election as non-permanent member of UN Security Council. For the fifth year in a row, Azerbaijan fails to vote this resolution through and there is no reason for thinking that this time Azerbaijan will manage to enlist the support of the 150 countries which voted for Azerbaijan’s non-permanent seat in UN Security Council. Probably Azerbaijan has no possibility to repeatedly ask for support.

Second, next year Azerbaijan will attend all meetings of UN Security Council and will carry out lobbying among the other member countries. Azerbaijan can organize efficiency of its activities depending on the results of the processes and facts.

Third, every time putting of this draft resolution on the agenda of the UN Security Council met serious dissatisfaction by the Co-Chair countries – U.S., France and Russia. Beginning next year, Azerbaijan will work with them, and from this point of view it is not beneficial to annoy them two or three weeks before the start of cooperation.

Fourth, possibly, besides the Co-Chair countries, Turkey also demanded withdrawal of that document. It is also likely that a range of counries which supported Azerbaijan in the election of UN Security Council voted for this country provided that the draft resolution which is put on the agenda and then withdrawn 5 years in a row should not be submitted for consideration again. Turkey’s request may be due to the fact that official Ankara also called on a range of countries to support Azerbaijan’s candidature in the election. It is also possible that some countries supported Azerbaijan under certain conditions.