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Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Leila Abd Allayeva told Al-Mayadeen that military operations in Nagorno-Karabakh “will continue. She points out that the allegations of Turkey’s direct participation in the battles are unfounded and false.”
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Abd Alayeva Al-Mayadeen: The ceasefire is being violated by the Armenian side
Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Leila Abdulayeva said that two years ago, Armenia launched a series of military provocations against Azerbaijan.
And in an interview with her in Fields Abd Allayeva noted that the military operations in Nagorno-Karabakh “will continue and we have liberated some villages,” noting that “Azerbaijan is still open for negotiations.”
He also made it clear that “peace must be restored in the future and the conflict must be resolved out of respect for the internationally recognized territories,” and stressed that the allegations of Turkey’s direct involvement in the battles are “unfounded and false.”
According to Abd al-Ayeva, “the reports about the presence of Syrian militants in Azerbaijan are incorrect, and Azerbaijan does not need it,” as he said.
“The return of the lands and the displaced to their lands is our criterion for determining the future state of the region,” he said.
In his speech, Abdel-Ayeva revealed that he has good relations with “Israel on the military side, and this has nothing to do with the conflict in Nagorno Karabakh”, noting that “the ceasefire is being violated by the Armenian side. “.
Hours earlier, the President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, announced the continuation of military operations until the liberation of the Nagorno-Karabakh region.
Aliyev also warned Armenia of the serious consequences if it tried to gain control of the gas pipelines in Azerbaijan.
For his part, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov stressed that Moscow did not agree with Turkey on a military solution to the conflict and said that it is appropriate to deploy Russian military observers on the line of contact in Nagorno Karabakh, but that Baku and Yerevan should take the lead. decision.
At the same time, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said his country “will use all its diplomatic tools to find a political solution between Armenia and Azerbaijan”, explaining that “Washington is monitoring the Turkish role there.”
During a press conference, Pompeo called for “a peaceful solution to the conflict between two Azerbaijanis and Armenia, and we ask them to respect the ceasefire.”
Azerbaijan accused Nagorno-Karabakh of not respecting the terms of the armistice and spoke about the bombing of “Gandja”, the second largest city in Azerbaijan, and the killing of 9 civilians.
More than 500 people were counted killed in recent battles, including some 60 civilians, a number that may in fact be much higher as Azerbaijan does not announce the death toll among its soldiers, and each camp claims to have killed thousands. of soldiers from the opposite camp.
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