Republic of Azerbaijan: We are not looking for a military attack on Armenia
| On Sunday, the spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan rejected the claim of the Prime Minister of Armenia that Baku was planning a military attack on Armenia and said that baseless statements have become a tradition for Armenian officials. |
According to the report of Fars International News Agency, Azerbaijan’s Foreign Ministry on Sunday rejected the claim of Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan that he was planning a military attack on this country.
The republics of Azerbaijan and Armenia have been fighting over the Nagorno-Karabakh region for three decades. The two countries do not have diplomatic relations. In September, the Republic of Azerbaijan launched a lightning operation to retake the region, which is internationally recognized as Baku’s but has been controlled by Armenians under the patronage of Armenia since the 1990s. This operation led to mass exodus of almost 120,000 Armenians from Karabagh to Armenia. /politics/azerbaijan-rebuffs-armenias-claims-of-baku-seeking-military-aggression/news”>Daily Sabah” Aikhan Hajizadeh, the spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan, said: “For Armenian authorities, instead of steps In the peace process, prioritizing baseless and contradictory statements has become a tradition.” Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said at a press conference in “Yervan” stated that the Republic of Azerbaijan may be preparing for a military attack against this country because the term “West Azerbaijan” has become increasingly popular in public discourse in the Republic of Azerbaijan.
Pashinyan said that the media, schools and universities of the Republic of Azerbaijan call Armenia West Azerbaijan.
Hajizadeh went on to say: “Statements of preparing to invade Armenia is completely baseless. It is unacceptable for Armenia to make a claim against the Republic of Azerbaijan instead of commenting on the draft peace and relations agreement between the two countries and the start of the delayed negotiations.
Hekmat Hajif, the senior foreign policy advisor of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, also stated that Baku wants a new regional security architecture based on justice, the recognition of territorial integrity and the end of all territorial claims.
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