Baku Summons Dutch Ambassador To Foreign Ministry Over Anti-Azerbaijani Claims
Date
11/26/2022 1:10:13 AM
(MENAFN- AzerNews) By Sabina Mammadli
Dutch ambassador to Baku Pauline Eizema was summoned to the
Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry over the November 23 letter by
Netherlands' Foreign Minister Wopke Hoekstra to the parliament,
alleging that the Azerbaijani army had committed war crimes.
The ministry told the ambassador that the Armenian army has
committed numerous murders of Azerbaijani servicemen and civilians
since the first Karabakh war.
“Thus, only 613 civilians were killed brutally in Khojaly on
February 26, 1992, in just one night, and around 4,000 Azerbaijanis
went missing during the war. In October 2020 [during the second
Karabakh War], Armenia subjected Azerbaijan's Ganja, Barda, and
Mingachevir cities to missile strikes, thereby committing another
crime against humanity,” the ministry said.
Further, the ambassador was told that the Armenia-planted
landmines on Azerbaijan's liberated lands keep posing a serious
threat to the lives of people and that nearly 268 Azerbaijani
citizens died in mine blasts following the 2020 second Karabakh
War.
The ministry added that the discovery of Armenia-made landmines
in Azerbaijan's territory is a vivid example of Armenia's ongoing
war crimes against Azerbaijanis.
It was emphasized that the Armenian government hadn't yet taken
any practical measures to bring the crime perpetrators to justice.
The need for an international assessment of these crimes was also
stressed.
Moreover, unlike Armenia, Azerbaijan remains committed to its
international obligations and investigates claims for criminal acts
that allegedly took place during military operations. On September
17, 2022, the Military Prosecutor's Office announced the launch of
an all-inclusive investigation to determine the authenticity of the
relevant videos spread on social media platforms.
In turn, the ambassador stated that she would submit the
Azerbaijani ministry's appeal to the relevant authorities of the
Netherlands.
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