BAKU, Azerbaijan, February 22. Azerbaijan notes the decisions of the International Court of Justice of February 22, 2023 in the cases concerning the Application of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, Trend reports, citing the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan.
"We welcome the Court’s recognition that Armenia is still under an obligation to refrain from aggravating the parties’ dispute, per the Court’s prior order of 7 December 2021," the ministry said.
At the same time, the ministry noted that the Court’s decision not to revisit its prior conclusion that Armenia’s placement of landmines does not meet the requirements for the issuance of provisional measures is not a decision on the merits, and Azerbaijan will continue to seek to hold Armenia to account.
As the ministry said, Azerbaijan also welcomes the Court’s
rejection of Armenia’s requested measures requiring Azerbaijan to
cease its alleged "orchestration and support" of the protests and
"immediately restore…the provision of natural gas and other public
utilities" to Karabakh.
"In its Order, the Court took note of Azerbaijan’s representation
that Azerbaijan has and undertakes to continue to take all steps
within its power and at its disposal to guarantee safe movement
along the Lachin Road and the terms of the Trilateral Statement of
November 10, 2020. Azerbaijan will continue to uphold the rights of
all people under international law and to hold Armenia to account
for its ongoing and historic grave violations of human rights,"
Azerbaijani MFA concluded.