(MENAFN- AzerNews)
Qabil Ashirov read more United Nations Security Council to be convened tomorrow on
request of Armenia due to the so-called blockade of Garabagh.
Armenian mass media claims that the Armenian foreign minister
Ararat Mirzoyan also will participate in the meeting.
To put it briefly, Armenia did not comply with the commitments
of the November 10 Statement and did not provide Azerbaijan with a
guarantee and unimpeded links with Nakhchivan. However, under the
auspices of Russian peacekeepers Armenia used the Lachin-Khankendi
road not only for humanitarian purposes but also to transfer
military equipment and personnel for separatists in Garabagh.
At the beginning sabotage groups of separatists swept into the
Azerbaijani territories and planted the landmines. Then illegal
Armenian armed formations fired at an Azerbaijani border serviceman
and injured him. To top it all off, it was found out that the
members of ICRC were smuggling banned products. So, Azerbaijan was
obliged to close the Lachin border checkpoint until the end of the
investigation and offered Armenians to use the Aghdam-Khankendi
road.
For some reason, the Armenian side propagandizes that it is a
blockade and ostensibly Azerbaijan intends to commit ethnic
cleansing. Regarding the issue, the Armenian side is required to
convene the meeting of the UN Security Council, and a meeting is
expected to take place tomorrow.
Speaking to AZERNEWS , Azerbaijani political
scientist Alimusa Ibrahimov, noted that Armenia's appeal to the UN
caused irony in Azerbaijani society and the world because same
Armenia called four UN Resolutions a piece of paper and never
complied with its demands. He added that it is another measure to
slander Azerbaijan.
“Yerevan and other organizers knew very well that sending trucks
to the Lachin Border Checkpoint, sending busses from Khankendi to
Lachin and other similar events would not have any results. Then,
why did they do all this? There is only one answer to this
rhetorical question: to slander Azerbaijan. Supposedly, it was to
form an opinion in the world community about Azerbaijan's allegedly
holding Armenian minority living in Garabagh in blockade. When all
this failed, the Armenians appealed to the UN and managed to put
the issue on the agenda of the Security Council. Of course, it is
not Armenia that draws the plan of all this, but hegemonic states
like France that stand behind it. As we know, they have been
pursuing a policy of hostility against Azerbaijan and Turkiye for a
long time. With the support of France, Armenia required a meeting
of the UN Security Council, and of course, the UN could not reject
this request. However, the important thing is not to convene the
meeting, but to achieve a result here. But will Armenia be able to
get something from the meeting? Of course, Azerbaijan will not sit
idly. Azerbaijan also has enough arguments regarding the Lachin
Road. If the circumstances had been different, if Azerbaijan had
really blockaded the people living there, and if what the Armenians
said had been true, serious measures would have been taken against
Azerbaijan long ago. I think that among the world states there are
quite a lot of states that accept the arguments put forward by
Azerbaijan, and one of these arguments is the use of the
Aghdam-Khankendi road. If Armenians are suffering from hunger and
famine has engulfed Garabagh, then why do they not accept this
offer? This is not their goal, their goal is to discredit
Azerbaijan,” he stressed.
The pundit underlined that he does not expect the UN Security
Council to take any serious action against Azerbaijan. He said that
there will be negotiations on humanitarian aid, steps to be taken
to avoid a humanitarian crisis, and alternative roads to be used in
Garabagh. The main issue to be discussed there will be to deliver
food and medicine to the Armenians living in Garabagh an
alternative route.
“I don't think that the decisions will be made according to the
claims of the Armenian side. An Azerbaijani delegation will also
participate there and will express their opinions. As I mentioned
earlier, Azerbaijan has serious reasons. First and foremost,
Garabagh is an Azerbaijani territory and Azerbaijan has the right
to protect its territorial integrity. I believe that the Azerbaijan
will also raise the issue of cooperation with the office of the
International Committee of the Red Cross in Khankend, not with the
office in Yerevan, but with the office in Baku,” the pundit
emphasised.
Alimusa Ibrahimov believes that attention will be paid to the
issue put forward by Azerbaijan in tomorrow's discussion and all
nuances will be carefully considered. As for Armenia, according to
the expert, this may be Armenia's last complaint before the
international organization.
“After that, they will not be able to find a more authoritative
body than the UN to complain about Azerbaijan and put forward their
baseless claims. This is the last battle of the Armenians, and this
is their last step, and the result will be zero for them,” he
concluded.