Baku calls the accusations “unfounded” and charges Yerevan with “making the people a victim of its clumsy policies”
Sep. 29 (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Government of Armenia has accused the Azerbaijani Army of “serious violations of the ceasefire regime” with the aim of undermining the chances of success of bilateral contacts to reach a diplomatic solution to the conflict.
The Armenian Foreign Ministry has indicated in a statement that the Azeri Armed Forces carried out attacks on Wednesday against Armenian territory, causing three casualties, a balance confirmed by the Armenian Ministry of Defense.
“The recent provocation carried out by Azerbaijan in continuation of its large-scale aggression against the territorial integrity of Armenia on September 13 is in clear disregard of the calls of the international community and the member states of the United Nations Security Council to maintain the ceasefire,” he maintained.
“This is a reaffirmation of the alerts by Armenia that Azerbaijan intends to continue its policy of using force and maximalism,” he said, before stressing that Baku “seeks to affect the meeting of the foreign ministers of both countries, whose organization is under discussion”.
Thus, he has asked the international community for “effective steps” and the activation of “relevant mechanisms” to make Azerbaijan “strictly comply” with the ceasefire, achieve the withdrawal of its forces from Armenian territory and “avoid new aggressions”.
In response, the Azeri Foreign Ministry has called Yerevan’s accusations “baseless,” saying that this “clearly demonstrates that Armenia is pursuing the goal of worsening the situation in the region.”
In this way, he has accused the Armenian Armed Forces of opening fire on his positions during the day on Wednesday, wounding a soldier. “In response to the provocation by Armenia, which violated the ceasefire, the Azeri Army took appropriate measures,” he explained.
“There is no doubt that the provocations from the Armenian side, which have long since acquired the character of tradition, took place on purpose on the eve of the next high-level meeting,” he said, before accusing Armenia of “playing the same game and make the people victims of their clumsy policies.
“It is clear that this is another pretext for Armenia to affect the negotiation process. The Armenian leadership should not aggravate the situation in the region, should not raise reservations to the negotiation process, should stop the practice of accusing the international community and should sit down at the negotiating table,” he stressed.
Finally, he defended that Baku “is the one that has launched the peace agenda with the opening of transport communications in the region and the materialization of large-scale reconstruction work in the territories liberated from occupation.”
“Azerbaijan is not interested in creating tensions in the region, but any provocation against our country will be resolutely avoided,” the Azeri Foreign Ministry said in a comment posted on its website.
