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By Nazrin Gadimova

Armenia’s participation in the negotiation process on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict resolution is an imitation and aimed at deceiving the international community.

Hikmet Hajiyev, spokesperson for the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry made a statement while commenting on the decision made by the House of Representatives of the Hawaii state of the U.S..

Two anti-Azerbaijani resolutions (SR 60 and SCR 93) were introduced at the Hawaii State Senate on March 10 by legislators, who were misled by radical Armenian special interest groups. If adopted, the Hawaii State Legislature would have recognized the illegal regime ‘Nagorno-Karabakh Republic’, which has been established on Azerbaijan's territory occupied by Armenia following its invasion and ethnic cleansing of Azerbaijan's lands in 1991-1994.

The Hawaii State Senate leadership has officially rejected the mentioned resolutions thanks to measures taken by the Consulate General of Azerbaijan in Los Angeles, and issued a formal statement on the issue.

“In this statement, the Senate expressed support for the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan in accordance with the U.S. policy, emphasizing that the Hawaii State Senate will not accept these resolutions,” Hajiyev reminded.

Following this failure, Armenia and the Armenian lobby in the U.S. have appealed to the House of Representatives of the local legislative body of the Hawaii State aiming to continue the provocative and insignificant actions.

“All these prove that Armenia’s participation in the negotiation process on Nagorno-Karabakh conflict is an imitation and aimed at deceiving the international community. Armenia’s real aim is to annex Azerbaijani territories,” Hajiyev said, adding that the U.S. supports the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Azerbaijan within its internationally recognized borders.

Armenia captured Nagorno-Karabakh and seven surrounding districts from Azerbaijan in a war that followed the Soviet breakup in 1991. More than 20,000 Azerbaijanis were killed and nearly 1 million were displaced as a result of the war.

Large-scale hostilities ended with a Russia-brokered ceasefire in 1994, but Armenia has continued the occupation in defiance of four UN Security Council resolutions calling for immediate and unconditional withdrawal.

Peace talks mediated by Russia, France, and the U.S. have produced no results so far.

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Nazrin Gadimova is AzerNews’ staff journalist, follow her on Twitter: @NazrinGadimova

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