Assembly of Azerbaijani Armenians: Azerbaijan is a country asserting itself on extermination of citizens

PanARMENIAN.Net - Azerbaijan is under criminal rule. Present-day Azerbaijan is a country asserting itself on extermination of its own citizens, said the head of Assembly of Azerbaijani Armenians NGO.



"A country which perpetrated genocide against a part of its population has not right to claim territories," Grigory Ayvazyan told a news conference today.



"Our Assembly has already sent a note to the Armenian Foreign Ministry and National Assembly and received a positive feedback. We also addressed the French Embassy in Yerevan to bring our position to the notion of Ambassador Bernard Fassier, the Co-chair of the OSCE Minsk Group. We demand the opinion of the Armenian refugees from Azerbaijan be taken into account during the Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlement process," he said.



"We urge compensation for the Armenians, who had to leave their homes, or secure their return. Now, 50 of Armenians are ready to return to Azerbaijan to prove that this country is unable to guarantee their security and that Armenians and Azeris can't live side by side now," he said.



As to referendum on Nagorno Karabakh's status in Azerbaijan, Mr. Ayvazyan said it won't be legal, since Armenians who used to live in the territory of the former Azeri SSR won't participate in it.