President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev received OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs Pierre Andrieu (France), Igor Popov (Russia) and James Warlick (United States), as well as the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Andrzej Kasprzyk.
President Aliyev noted that the Armenian leadership does not give up provocations. In October 2014, Armenia launched large-scale military exercises in Azerbaijan`s occupied lands less than two weeks after the Paris negotiations of the presidents. The Azerbaijani side remained unresponsive to this for several days, but when helicopters of the Armenian Armed Forces openly attempted to fire at our positions, they were annihilated, the President reminded.
He noted that Armenia has become a source of a great threat to the region. The Armenian Armed Forces regularly fire at civilians in Azerbaijan`s occupied territories, even people attending wedding ceremonies are shot at, and as a result our civilian population suffers loses. But when the Azerbaijani side responds to such provocations, it faces accusations, the head of state stressed.
President Ilham Aliyev expressed regret over the fact that the international community, especially mediators, do not adequately react to the cruel actions of the Armenian side, Trend reports.
