World Courant
ISTANBUL
Baku mentioned on Thursday that Armenia intends to proceed “unlawful actions” on its territory, referring to Yerevan’s rejection of the Aghdam-Khankendi into the Karabakh area as proposed by Azerbaijan.
“The truth that Armenia … rejects this street (Aghdam-Khankendi) by any means attainable proves that the declare of a ‘tense humanitarian scenario’ within the area is groundless and that Armenia intends to proceed unlawful actions on the territory of Azerbaijan,” mentioned a press release by the nation’s Overseas Ministry.
The assertion got here in response to feedback made by Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan throughout a authorities assembly earlier within the day.
It mentioned Yerevan’s repeated claims on the Lachin street over the previous eight months present the nation’s intention to “use subject for its political functions and to impede the peace treaty negotiations which were progressing lately.”
It additional mentioned Armenia’s declare that Azerbaijan is taking steps to hold out “ethnic cleaning” within the Karabakh area is “fairly unsuitable and harmful”.
The assertion outlined Pashinyan’s situations on the type of dialogue between Baku and Armenian residents in Karabakh as “unacceptable” and a direct problem to Azerbaijan’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.
It additionally mentioned Armenia is clearly making an attempt to make the method of border delimitation between the 2 nations fail, provided that Yerevan “doesn’t fulfill its obligation to withdraw the Armenian armed forces from the territory of Azerbaijan, continues to offer monetary assist to the territory, and emphasizes its territorial claims in numerous letters, statements, and speeches.”
“Azerbaijan, because the initiator of the peace course of with Armenia within the aforementioned areas, is fascinated about establishing peace, stability, and safety within the area and is an lively get together within the negotiation course of. If Armenia is fascinated about peace, it ought to cease efforts that hinder the peace course of,” it concluded.
Relations between the 2 former Soviet republics have been tense since 1991, when the Armenian army occupied Nagorno-Karabakh, a territory internationally acknowledged as a part of Azerbaijan, and 7 adjoining areas.
Within the fall of 2020, Azerbaijan liberated a number of cities, villages and settlements from Armenian occupation throughout 44 days of clashes. The struggle ended with a Russia-brokered peace settlement.
Regardless of the continuing talks on a peace settlement, tensions between the neighboring nations elevated in current months over the Lachin hall, the one land route giving Armenia entry to Karabakh.
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