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Azerbaijan hails Iran Supreme Leader’s statement urging Armenia to liberate lands

5 November 2020 17:40 (UTC+04:00)
Azerbaijan hails Iran Supreme Leader’s statement urging Armenia to liberate lands

By Vafa Ismayilova

Azerbaijan has highly evaluated the Iranian Supreme Leader’s statement urging Armenia to liberate the lands that it had occupied.

“We highly appreciate the statement made by the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Khamenei on the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict and the support given to the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan,” said a press release by the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry on November 4.

The ministry quoted Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei’s statement as saying that “all the territories of Azerbaijan occupied by Armenia must be liberated and all these territories must be returned to Azerbaijan." The report recalled that the Supreme Leader reiterated “the strong support of the Islamic Republic of Iran to Azerbaijan's just position based on international law”.

We highly value the efforts of the friendly Iranian state to resolve the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict, including the visit of the Iranian president’s special envoy, Deputy Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi to the region and the initiative on the settlement of the conflict as soon as possible, the ministry said.

”We believe that the relations between our countries, built on historical roots, will continue to develop successfully and will serve to ensure peace, stability and prosperity in the region,” the ministry added.

Ninety-one Azerbaijani civilians have been killed and hundreds of others have been injured in Armenia's indiscriminate missile attacks on Azerbaijani civilian settlements and cities. International human rights watchdogs Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch have confirmed Armenia's use of forbidden munition in attacks on Azerbaijani civilians.

Tensions between Armenia and Azerbaijan escalated on September 27 when Armenian armed forces deployed in the occupied Azerbaijani lands made military provocations against Azerbaijani civilian settlements and military positions. The ongoing clashes mark the most intense fighting between Armenian and Azerbaijani forces since 1994 when a ceasefire was reached. Armenia's offensive prompted immediate Azerbaijan’s counter-attack measures.

In retaliation, Azerbaijani troops have so far liberated the occupied cities of Jabrayil, Fuzuli, Zangilan and Gubadli, as well as dozens of villages, settlements and strategic heights in the districts of Tartar, Fuzuli, Jabrayil, Khojavend, Zangilan, Gubadli and Kalbajar.

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