Geopolitical ambitions lie at the core of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, Novruz Mammadov, deputy head of the Azerbaijani presidential administration, chief of the administration's foreign relations department said.

He made the remarks on Apr. 27 while speaking at the Breakout Session "Constructing Peace, Deconstructing Terror" within the framework of the 7th Global Forum of the UN Alliance of Civilizations in Baku.

"Seven districts around Azerbaijan's Nagorno-Karabakh region were occupied, but no one talks about this," Mammadov said. "International law is not respected. Nowadays, international legal principles are ignored in the issue of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict."