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Azerbaijan stands for normalization of relations with Armenia - assistant to president

Politics Materials 20 September 2023 17:47 (UTC +04:00)
Azerbaijan stands for normalization of relations with Armenia - assistant to president
Humay Aghajanova
Humay Aghajanova
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BAKU, Azerbaijan, September 20. Azerbaijan stands for normalization of relations with Armenia, Assistant to the President of Azerbaijan - Head of the Foreign Policy Department of the Presidential Administration Hikmet Hajiyev said at a press briefing, Trend reports.

"Azerbaijan's goal is the peaceful reintegration of the Armenian residents of Karabakh, and we stand for the normalization of relations between Azerbaijan and Armenia, but the presence of about 10,000 illegal Armenian soldiers within armed formations in Karabakh was unacceptable," he said.

In order to ensure the provisions of the Trilateral Statement, to stop large-scale provocations in the Karabakh economic region, to disarm and withdraw formations of the Armenian armed forces from the territories of Azerbaijan, to neutralize their military infrastructure, to ensure the safety of the peaceful population returning to the territories liberated from occupation, civil servants involved in construction and reconstruction work, and our military personnel, as well as to restore the constitutional order of the Republic of Azerbaijan, anti-terrorist measures have been launched in the region.

Taking into account the appeal of the representatives of the Armenian population of Karabakh through the Russian peacekeeping contingent, on September 20, 2023, at 13:00 (GMT+4), an agreement was reached on the cessation of local anti-terrorist activities under the following conditions: Armenian armed forces formations, illegal Armenian armed formations located in Azerbaijan's Karabakh region, lay down their weapons, leave their combat positions and military posts, and completely disarm, Armenian armed forces formations leave the territory of Azerbaijan, illegal Armenian armed formations are disbanded.

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