Baku: Azerbaijan restoring its territorial integrity
By Ayya Lmahamad
The Azerbaijani Armed Forces are fighting on their sovereign soil to restore the country’s territorial integrity within its internationally recognized borders, the Foreign Ministry stated on October 3.
Commenting on Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s recent address to the nation, in which he portrayed Armenians as victims instead of taking steps to restore peace, the ministry said: “every step taken by the Armenian leadership to cover up its direct responsibility for the current situation in the region is doomed to failure.”
Ignoring the illegal presence of the Armenian armed forces in Nagorno-Karabakh and surrounding regions of Azerbaijan and the demands of the international community, including UN Security Council resolutions, to end the occupation, the current Armenian leadership, on the one hand, continues to cover up its aggressive policy by adding completely unfounded religious elements to the issue, and on the other hand, leads its people to disaster, the ministry said.
The ministry noted that Yerevan seeks to involve third parties in the conflict by alleging Turkey’s involvement in the conflict.
Furthermore, the ministry stressed that Azerbaijani Army is sufficiently prepared to restore its territorial integrity within its international borders and has been carrying out counter-attacks to prevent new Armenian aggression since September 27, in accordance with Article 51 of the UN Charter.
As for the absurd views of the Armenian Prime Minister on the policy of "genocide against Armenians", the ministry underline that unlike Armenia, which committed war crimes against the Azerbaijani population, crimes against humanity and the Khojaly genocide, the Azerbaijani side responds to these attacks in compliance with international humanitarian law and does not target civilians.
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