Azerbaijan’s embassy in Russia has submitted a note of protest to the Russian Foreign Ministry over State Duma member Oleg Matveichev’s remarks to Armenia’s RusArmInfo media outlet.
The embassy noted that the lawmaker’s remarks were unacceptable as they were aimed at destabilizing the situation in the region and "inciting revanchist forces in Armenian society to revive the conflict that is already a thing of the past."
It was noted that the statements about "inciting the conflict by Azerbaijan" against the background of the reconstruction works being actively carried out in the liberated territories are nonsense.
It was stated that despite the heavy consequences of the 30-year occupation, it was Azerbaijan that first initiated the process of normalization of interstate relations with Armenia and continued to promote the peace agenda, which envisages the signing of a peace treaty based on the principles of territorial integrity and sovereignty of the states.
The Azerbaijani side stated that such statements of the representative of the ruling party of Russia overshadow the mediation of Russia, which supports the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan and makes efforts for the normalization of Azerbaijan-Armenia relations.
"Oleg Matveychev cannot be unaware of the Declaration on mutual cooperation of alliance signed between the two countries in February 2022, and his such statements are a violation of the provisions of that document. A deputy representing the ruling party must be responsible in his statements and be guided by the official position of the Russian Federation," the statement reads.
