OIC Contact Group reps visit Armenian war crime scenes in Aghdam
By Vafa Ismayilova
The permanent representatives of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Contact Group on Armenia's aggression against Azerbaijan, have arrived in Azerbaijan's Aghdam region, the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry has reported.
The delegation's visit to Aghdam region liberated from Armenia's occupation is aimed at witnessing the consequences of the war crimes committed by Armenia. The delegation is to visit Ganja as well.
The OIC contact group representatives are scheduled to meet officials at different state structures as part of the visit.
Following the Soviet Union’s dissolution in 1991, Armenia waged a total war against Azerbaijan through armed attacks on the Nagorno-Karabakh region. The war lasted until a ceasefire in 1994. Some 30,000 Azerbaijanis are reported to be killed in the first Karabakh war. Armenia's forces displaced one million throughout the hostilities, while forcibly occupied 20 percent of Azerbaijan’s internationally recognized territories – the Nagorno-Karabakh region and seven surrounding districts.
For nearly three decades, Armenia failed to implement the UN Security Council resolutions (822, 853, 874 and 884) demanding the immediate and unconditional withdrawal of its troops, which was the main obstacle to the resolution of the conflict.
The clashes between Armenia and Azerbaijan resumed after Armenia launched large-scale attacks on Azerbaijani forces and civilians on September 27.
The trilateral peace deal signed by the Azerbaijani, Russian and Armenian leaders on November 10, 2020, ended the 30-year-old conflict between Baku and Yerevan over Azerbaijan’s Nagorno-Karabakh region that along with the seven adjacent regions came under the occupation of Armenian armed forces in the war in the 1990s.
On January 11, 2021, the Azerbaijani, Russian and Armenian leaders signed the second statement since the end of the 44-day war. The newly-signed statement is set to implement clause 9 of the November 2020 statement related to the unblocking of all economic and transport communications in the region.
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