BAKU, Azerbaijan, August 11. The so-called "expert opinion" of the former Prosecutor General of the International Criminal Court (ICC) Luis Moreno Ocampo, based on political instructions, is completely unfounded and biased, the Azerbaijani Ombudsperson Sabina Aliyeva said, Trend reports.
She stated that Ocampo, who has already created an appropriate image for himself with a mysterious and dark past, deliberately made both legal and historical mistakes in his anti-Azerbaijani policy.
"Legitimacy of Azerbaijan's activity to ensure the security, rights, and freedoms of its citizens, including Armenian citizens, in the UN-recognized Azerbaijani territories, has been acknowledged by international and regional organizations, including a relevant decision of the International Court of Justice, the ombudsperson noted.
"Absolutely distorted presentation of such activity for misleading the international community once again exposes those, who stand behind Ocampo," she further said.
"Instead of absurd and unfounded claims of possible 'genocide' in Azerbaijan's Karabakh economic region, the former ICC chief prosecutor, who seems to have forgotten the principle of the rule of law, should investigate genocides in Khojaly, Meshali, Bashlibel, and other crimes committed by Armenians in this region, and investigate the matters discussed during meetings with perpetrators of these crimes," Aliyeva noted.
"It's regretful that statements and reports of certain 'international experts', taking Okampo as an example, show double standards regarding Azerbaijan, with the main goal being to incite conflicts based on ethnic hatred, to hinder the integration of Karabakh's Armenian residents into Azerbaijani society," she pointed out.
"Hence, while addressing representatives of international organizations and independent experts, we urge a detailed investigation of any conflict's essence, avoiding distortion of existing facts, refraining from steps that contribute to artificially exacerbating relations between nations, and supporting efforts aimed at ensuring a just peace and sustainable security," the ombudsperson concluded.
Previously, Assistant to the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Head of Foreign Policy Affairs Department of the Presidential Administration Hikmat Hajiyev has exposed an anti-Azerbaijani report, prepared by Ocampo.