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Rena Murshud read more It seems that Armenia was concerned about some of the points
presented at the tripartite meeting in Brussels on 14 May. The main
thing is that Charles Michel's statement about the fate of our lost
soldiers touched them. According to Siranush Sahakyan, a so-called
human rights activist in Armenia, it does not comply with
international laws, the Armenian soldiers are not missing, but are
being held by Azerbaijan as prisoners of war. Also, Azerbaijani
soldiers crossed the Armenian border not by accident, but
deliberately. In other words, Azerbaijan is trying to present its
soldiers as missing, and the EU has accepted this position.
In a comment for Azernews , military expert
Telman Gasimov said that Sahakyan has always tried to take a
one-sided approach to issues related to prisoners and hostages,
acting from the position of Armenia. They are only trying to accuse
Azerbaijan of issues that are in line with international
conventions. Siranush Sahakyan, in turn, is trying to manipulate.
But all claims are lies.
"As you know, about 60 Armenian soldiers have been arrested. 30
of them were returned and the rest were arrested. The matter
between the arrested Armenians and our missing soldiers are
completely different. Armenian soldiers were arrested after a
massive ceasefire was announced with fully equipped weapons. And
our soldiers, on the contrary, were unarmed and unprepared, and
lost their way and crossed into the territory of Armenia,"- said
the expert.
Telman Gasimov also touched on the torturing of our soldiers by
the Armenians on social networks.“"Armenians shamelessly claim
that our soldiers carried out sabotage and killed their guards
standing in the mine. Of course, all this is absurd. Because the
Armenians who arrested them announced that they did not find any
phones on our soldiers.”
As for the Brussels meeting, the military expert said that
Pashinyan will not keep his word and the process will be
prolonged.
"Although the so-called Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan
recognizes the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan, in practice we
see the opposite. Pashinyan's statement that "We will discuss the
final result in Russia" indicates that he was not independent and
could not conduct an independent policy. In this regard, Armenia's
violation of the ceasefire on the border and such provocations are
expected to happen until early June," he stressed.
In addition, the military expert expressed an opinion about the
interests of the Western side in the resolution of the conflict
between Azerbaijan and Armenia.
"I must note that although the issue of a short-term settlement
of the Azerbaijani-Armenian conflict in the South Caucasus is not
interesting for the West, they are obliged to do their best to
resolve the conflict. The main Ukraine-Russia conflict plays an
important role here. Because the West is also very interested in
the use of the Zangazur corridor for transport purposes. The reason
is simple: As we know, Ukraine, which is used by the West as a
transport route, is currently at war. Therefore, a new
international corridor is needed. The West also knows that another
country that is interested in this corridor is Russia. I would like
to emphasize that for the West, not the fate of Armenia, but rather
its own political and economic interests are the priority," Gasimv
opined.
In addition, Telman Gasimov emphasized that the President of the
Council of Europe used the word "past" in front of the expression
"Nagorno-Karabakh."
"The fact that Charles Michel referred to former
Nagorno-Karabakh and not "Nagorno-Karabakh" in this meeting caused
serious concern in the Armenian authorities.
For the Azerbaijani side, the steps taken and the decisions made
are completely correct and decisive. The rapid development and
reconstruction work that is being carried out in our lands freed
from occupation is tangible. Over 30 years of occupation, our lands
were looted and destroyed by Armenians. I am sure that the West and
Russia observe the processes, and therefore, they are undoubtedly
interested in opening the corridors as soon as possible," the
expert concluded.
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