Yerevan responds to Baku statement on "Zangezur corridor", "historic lands"

Yerevan responds to Baku statement on

PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Anna Naghdalyan on Friday, March 5 commented on Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev's statements that a new "transport corridor will pass through the historical territories of Azerbaijan, Zangezur," and that Azerbaijan has resolved the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

Aliyev made the remarks at the conference of Economic Cooperation Organizations, maintaining that the "corridor" is expected to connect Azerbaijan with Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic and Turkey”.

Naghdalyan reminded that Article 9 of the November 9 trilateral statement does not mention the creation of a corridor.

"With such a provocative statement, calling Zangezur an “Azerbaijani historical land” and making reference to an imaginary corridor, the President of Azerbaijan deliberately undermines the implementation of the November 9 and January 11 trilateral statements. Such rhetoric contradicts Azerbaijan's obligations; it is a blatant challenge to international law, it in no way contributes to the stability of the region and threatens all states in the region," Naghdalyan said.

The Azeri President also reiterated that the conflict has been resolved and the UN Security Council resolutions have been implemented.

"The statements of the President of Azerbaijan that Azerbaijan has resolved the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict by the use of force once again demonstrates who unleashed the war and who is leading the region through new challenges and further destabilization. As always, Azerbaijan distorts the provisions of the UN Security Council resolutions, while these same resolutions express their support for the Minsk Group peace process, headed by the Minsk Group Co-Chairs," Naghdalyan said.

"With his statements on the Nagorno-Karabakh peace process, the President of Azerbaijan contradicts the position of the international community, and first of all, the position of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairmanship and Co-Chair countries, which clearly emphasizes the imperative of comprehensive settlement of the conflict. It is obvious to us that the attempt to suppress the right of the people of Artsakh to self-determination through the use of force cannot create grounds for the settlement of the conflict. The realization of the right of the people of Artsakh to self-determination and the elimination of the consequences of the war are the core elements of the peace process."

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