Baku Blames Yerevan For Sending Illegal Military To Azerbaijan's Karabakh
Date
6/30/2022 10:08:30 AM
(MENAFN- AzerNews)
By Sabina Mammadli
Armenia has once again confessed to sending illegal military
units to Azerbaijani territories, Azernews reports per Foreign
Ministry Spokesperson Leyla Abdullayeva.
The remarks were made in response to remarks by an Armenian
high-ranking military officer made at a meeting with parents of
conscripts.
“The statement by Deputy Chief of General Staff of the Armenian
Armed Forces Sahak Sahakyan on the replacement of Armenian
conscripts by contractors in Azerbaijan's Karabakh is clearly
another confession made by Armenia regarding the sending of illegal
military units to Azerbaijan,” the spokesperson said.
Commenting on the matter, Abdullayeva stressed that this is a gross
violation by Armenia of the trilateral statement dated November 10,
2020.
“We remind that Article 4 of this statement stipulates the
withdrawal of the Armenian armed forces from the territories of
Azerbaijan, in parallel with the deployment of Russian peacekeeping
contingent to these territories,” she added.
Further, the official pointed out that Azerbaijan has previously
repeatedly stated that Armenia violates the provisions of the
trilateral statement, including the complete withdrawal of illegal
armed groups from Azerbaijan.
According to her, while Azerbaijan is taking steps to normalize
relations and build peace in the post-conflict period, this
approach by Armenia clearly demonstrates the latter's interest in
creating tension in the region rather than peace.
“This statement by the Armenian official shows that the talks of
the Armenian side about peace are nothing but hypocrisy. It also
clearly shows the aggressive policy of the Armenian side,” she
finalized.
To recap, on May 22, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev,
European Council President Charles Michel, and Armenian Prime
Minister Nikol Pashinyan met in Brussels. After the meeting, Michel
said that Azerbaijan and Armenia agreed on a number of key issues,
including the creation of border delimitation commissions, of which
the first meeting was held on May 24.
Earlier, Ilham Aliyev stated that peace will return to the
Caucasus based on the five principles Baku recently proposed for
normalizing relations with Armenia.
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Sabina Mammadli is AzerNews' staff journalist, follow her on
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