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Yerevan covers up failed policy with lies

27 November 2014 16:30 (UTC+04:00)
Yerevan covers up failed policy with lies

By Sara Rajabova

Azerbaijani diplomat said the Armenian leadership tries to cover up the failure of its foreign and domestic policy with lies.

“The Armenian regime lost its influence on the people of the country and perceived as frivolous partner in the world due to the failure of its foreign and domestic policy and is now trying to justify itself, using lies and slander in the face of Nalbandian,” said Hikmet Hajiyev, Azerbaijan’s Foreign Ministry spokesman.

Hajiyev made the remark commenting on the speech of Edward Nalbandian, Armenian Foreign Minister at the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, AzerTag news Agency reported.

In his speech, Nalbandian unreasonably blaming Azerbaijan for the escalation of tension on the contact line of Armenian and Azerbaijani troops, said allegedly Azerbaijan has become a serious threat to the security and stability in the South Caucasus.

“The biggest threat to peace and security in the region is military occupation and aggression of this country against Azerbaijan, as well as the militaristic policy of the Armenian dictatorship,” Hajiyev said.

He went on to say that Armenia which committed the military aggression and ethnic cleansing, crimes against humanity, including Khojaly tragedy against another state, carrying out the terror at the state level, has no reason to talk about the peace and present itself as a civilized country.

“Armenia, in accordance with the UN Charter and the norms and principles of international law, is directly responsible for the occupation and aggression against Azerbaijan. Armenia makes false claims about the peaceful settlement of the conflict, but it has not taken any steps to withdraw its troops from the occupied Azerbaijani territories. On the contrary, in contrast to the obligations under the Conventional Forces in Europe and the Vienna Document, it is concentrating military equipment and personnel in the occupied territories,” Hajiyev said.

He noted that military exercises, which were attended by 47,000 personnel and more than three million pieces of military hardware, are another proof of this.

“Apparently, having no idea of such logical categories, as cause and effect, Nalbandian, mostly justifies himself. In accordance with these categories, due to the occupation of Azerbaijani territories by Armenia, there are snipers on the front line and military incidents still occur. Thus, if Armenia ends the occupation, there will be no need for snipers and military incidents will not occur,” Hajiyev said.

He further stressed that Azerbaijan's position in the negotiations has always been clear and resolute: “Unlike Armenia, Azerbaijan's position is based on the UN Charter and the norms and principles of international law and the Helsinki Final Act. The essence of the negotiation process is to insure the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Azerbaijan on the basis of international law. Armenia is a party that simulates the negotiations, commitments and violates them, and views the negotiations as “gambling”, which corresponds more to the criminal circles.”

Armenia occupied over 20 percent of Azerbaijan's internationally recognized territory, including Nagorno-Karabakh and seven adjacent regions, after laying territorial claims against its South Caucasus neighbor that caused a brutal war in the early 1990s. Long-standing efforts by U.S, Russian and French mediators have been largely fruitless so far.

The UN Security Council has passed four resolutions on Armenian withdrawal from the Azerbaijani territory, but they have not been enforced to this day.

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