Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbaldyan, speaking at the 71st session of the UN General Assembly in New York, once again tried to delude the international community about the events in the Nagorno-Karabakh occupied by Armenia. The Armenian Foreign Minister has accused Azerbaijan of "gross violation of the Armistice Agreement" and "full-scale aggression against Nagorno Karabakh", during which allegedly "indiscriminate attacks on civilian infrastructure and population were committed." At the same time, Nalbaldyan did not mention that the hopeless occupation policy of Armenia's ruling party of war led by the current President Serzh Sargsyan got the Armenian government into a political dead end.
Armenian Foreign Minister's speech was full of blatant lies to cover up the unwillingness of the current Armenian leadership to resolve the conflict peacefully. For example his statement that allegedly "three captured soldiers of the Nagorno Karabakh armed forces were beheaded in Daesh style, which was repeatedly demonstrated in towns and villages and published on social networks," just is not true.
"Armenia’s direct and deliberate attacks against the Azerbaijani civilian population, as well as inhuman acts against Azerbaijani military servicemen, during its offensive action in April 2016, constitute yet another serious violation of international humanitarian and human rights law by Armenia," the Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov noted, stressing that Armenia undermined the ceasefire regime established in 1994 and endangered the prospects for the political settlement of the conflict.
Mammadyarov also said that Armenia must realize that relying on the status quo and armed provocations is a grave miscalculation. Its attempts to hypocritically mislead the international community on the root causes of the conflict by presenting themselves as a suffering side is doomed to fail, he added.
"Azerbaijan will spare no effort towards achieving the settlement of the conflict and ensuring peace, justice and development in the region. Azerbaijan expects from Armenia to halt its military build-up in the occupied territories, and engage in negotiations with Azerbaijan in good faith so as to find a political solution to the conflict, which is long overdue," the minister added.
Elmar Mammadyarov noted that the conflict can be resolved only and only on the basis of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Azerbaijan within its internationally recognized borders.
"The sooner Armenia reconciles with this reality and withdraws its armed forces from the occupied territories of Azerbaijan, the earlier the conflict will be resolved, and Armenia and its population will benefit from the prospects of cooperation and economic development," he added.
The humanitarian consequences of the conflict are equally harsh and necessitate urgent solutions, he said. "As a direct impact of massive displacement of people from their places of origin, close to one million refugees and IDPs continue to be deprived of their basic human rights and fundamental freedoms, most notably, the right to home and property," he added.
