(MENAFN- Trend News Agency)
BAKU, Azerbaijan, March 24. Armenia should
accept the offer from Azerbaijan and engage in serious and
substantial dialogue to achieve full normalization on the basis of
international principles, including recognition of territorial
integrity, sovereignty and inviolability of borders, Trend reports referring to
the article related to the post-conflict situation between
Azerbaijan and Armenia posted by Lord Kilclooney, a crossbench peer
and vice-chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Groups (APPG) for
Azerbaijan, in PoliticsHome news website which has numerous readers
in the UK.
According to the article, hostilities between Armenia and
Azerbaijan in the 1990s occurred as a result of an Armenian
large-scale military invasion of Azerbaijan's internationally
recognized territories.
“Allegations of a so-called Armenian genocide in 2020 fails to
take into account the atrocious murdering of the civilian
population in the town of Khojaly in February 1992,” the article
said.“A well-documented pre-mediated massacre of civilians killing
over 600 people, including elderly and children, represents the
systematic Armenian policy of ethnic cleansing that Armenia
perpetrated in the occupied Azerbaijani territories.”
According to the article, as a result of the Armenian military
invasion, close to one million Azerbaijanis were forced to flee
their homes and become internally displaced in their own
country.
“As a country fully committed to the protection of territorial
integrity and sovereignty, Azerbaijan has provided vital medical
supplies worth over 10 million euros to the people of Ukraine,
while also offering to host direct talks between Ukraine and Russia
in Baku,” the article said.“This is in stark contrast to the
policies of Armenia, Russia's closest ally in South Caucasus, which
continues to host two Russian military bases on its
territories.”
According to the article, since the conclusion of hostilities in
2020, Azerbaijan has extended its hand of friendship to Armenia in
the hope to normalize relations and rebuild the region for the
benefit of both Azerbaijanis and Armenians.
“Most recently, Azerbaijan offered five principles to Armenia on
which both sides can begin drafting a final peace deal,” the
article said.
According to the article, however, Armenia continues to drag its
feet and on other proposals of normalization.
“It has failed to provide accurate mining maps and other
relevant data to Azerbaijan, causing dozens of civilian deaths and
injuries as a result of unexploded devices since 2020,” the article
said.“This failure represents a clear breach of international
humanitarian law obligations. They have also been silent on the
demands from Azerbaijan to share information on the whereabouts of
4,000 Azerbaijani people who have been missing since hostilities in
1990s.”
According to the article, in violation of the 2020 trilateral
ceasefire agreement, Armenia continues to hamper efforts to unblock
regional transportation routes, including the so-called Zangazur
corridor.
“I firmly support attempts to rebuild the region of South
Caucasus, vital for UK interests,” the article said.“The
continuing Russian invasion of Ukraine demonstrates the importance
of producing lasting solutions to conflicts, including the one
between Armenia and Azerbaijan.”
“Here in the UK, we have to make our best efforts to contribute
to this normalization by encouraging both sides to engage
positively and constructively,” the article said.
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