BAKU, Azerbaijan, October 12. Azerbaijan does not have any obligation to release war criminals and representatives of the separatist junta regime of Armenian origin, said Spokesperson for the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry Aykhan Hajizada, Trend reports.
"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.
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.