BAKU, Azerbaijan, October 12. The allegations by the Prime Minister of Armenia in his speech at the forum called “Crossroads of Peace: combining security and democracy" on 12 October regarding the trilateral statement of 10 November 2020 are an attempt to distort the realities, said Spokesperson for the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry Aykhan Hajizada, Trend reports.
"The Armenian Prime Minister’s statement regarding the opening
of communications with reference to the trilateral statement once
again demonstrates the negligence of the Armenian leadership for
the obligations it has undertaken.
Paragraph 9 of the trilateral statement clearly states the
obligations of Armenia with regard to the opening of
communications, and how to organize control over transport
links.
In general, if we look at the activities of Armenia that violated
other obligations arising from the trilateral statement of 10
November, including Armenia’s failure to withdraw its illegal armed
units from the Karabakh region of Azerbaijan until September 2023,
transfer of additional weapons and ammunition, military equipment,
landmines to Azerbaijani territories through the Lachin corridor
that was established for humanitarian purposes only, continuation
of landmine terror against Azerbaijan should be recalled first and
foremost.
No one has forgotten that the Armenian side, which had ostensibly
declared that it recognized the territorial integrity of
Azerbaijan, were propagating the puppet regime it kept in
Azerbaijani territories and that the Prime Minister of Armenia
congratulated the separatist junta regime on the so-called
“independence” on 2 September 2023.
In this regard, the Armenian Prime Minister’s rhetorical questions
about the activity of the Lachin corridor and the return of
refugees and internally displaced people are only surprising and
mocking.
It is also ludicrous that the Armenian side claims that the
prisoners of war have not been returned. Adhering to the principle
of humanism, Azerbaijan has so far handed over all prisoners of war
to the Armenian side. Azerbaijan does not have any obligation to
release war criminals and representatives of the separatist junta
regime of Armenian origin.
In conclusion, we urge the leadership of Armenia, which once again
did not give up its baseless claims against the territories of
Azerbaijan laid within historical and international legal
framework, and the falsification of history, grossly violated the
principles of international law, and did not draw conclusions from
the miserable situation it had fallen in due to its policy of
aggression to refrain from statements exceeding any boundaries,
distorting the realities and, as a result misleading the
international community," the statement reads.