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By Rashid Shirinov

Armenia is an aggressor country that committed a crime and remains unpunished, MP of the Azerbaijani Parliament Elman Mammadov told Trend on April 11.

Mammadov stressed that by taking the destructive position on the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, Armenia continues its subversive, provocative activities, refuses to negotiate, doesn’t fulfill the conditions of the negotiation process, clearly refuses to comply with the decisions of international organizations, including the well-known UN Security Council resolutions on the settlement of the conflict.

“All this confirms the fact that Armenia is an aggressor country that committed a crime and remains unpunished. No state or international structure, including the OSCE Minsk Group, subjected Armenia to any sanctions or other punishment for its crimes and the pursued aggressive policy,” the MP stressed.

Armenia broke out a lengthy war against Azerbaijan laying territorial claims on its South Caucasus neighbor. Since a war in the early 1990s, Armenian armed forces have occupied 20 percent of Azerbaijan's territory, including Nagorno-Karabakh and seven surrounding regions. More than 20,000 Azerbaijanis were killed and over 1 million were displaced as a result of the large-scale hostilities.

Elman Mammadov noted that the Nagorno-Karabakh issue is the priority problem of Azerbaijan, and it is always on the agenda of the President Ilham Aliyev.

The MP said that international organizations and leading states try to create the appearance that they supposedly cannot deal with Armenia that doesn’t listen to the appeals and requests. “However, it's all a lie, insincerity and hypocrisy.”

Mammadov noted that Armenia is a weak, terrorist state, and all financial support, giving this country the opportunity to exist, is provided by organizations and states with similar non-constructive position.

“That’s why Armenia believes in its impunity. Sanctions and pressure must be imposed against the aggressor country to bring Armenia to the negotiating table," the MP said.

He also stressed that Azerbaijan has a strong army that is able to return the occupied territories by force.

Armenia has not yet implemented four UN Security Council resolutions on withdrawal of its armed forces from the Nagorno-Karabakh and surrounding districts. Moreover, peace talks mediated by Russia, France and the U.S. within the OSCE Minsk Group have produced no results so far.

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Rashid Shirinov is AzerNews’ staff journalist, follow him on Twitter: @RashidShirinov

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