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Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan.
The Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry accused Armenia of not being interested in solving the crisis in the disputed Karabakh region through negotiations, saying that it seeks to strengthen the issue in the region.
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“The Minsk group of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe stressed in numerous statements that the continuation of the status quo is unacceptable. Despite this, Armenia aims to reinforce the status quo based on occupation,” the ministry said. in a statement issued Friday night.
Commenting on the statement by the heads of the Minsk group of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, Russia, France and the United States, the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry added: “It is clear that Armenia is not interested in solving the conflict through negotiations and seeks to annex the lands it took. “
And he continued, “Armenia has not yet implemented the demands contained in 4 resolutions issued by the United Nations Security Council in 1993 and decisions of other international organizations regarding the withdrawal of its forces from the occupied lands of Azerbaijan.”
In its statement, Azerbaijan accused Armenia of “having dealt a blow to the conflict resolution process mediated by the heads of the Minsk group of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe through their provocative statements and their attempts to change the framework of the negotiations “.
On the morning of September 27, armed clashes broke out on the line of contact between Azerbaijani and Armenian forces in Nagorno-Karabakh and adjacent areas, in the most dangerous escalation between the two sides in more than 20 years.
The conflict broke out in Karabakh in 1988, in the context of the declaration of the autonomous region of its departure from the Soviet Republic of Azerbaijan.
In 1991, the Armenian population of the region unilaterally announced the establishment of the independent Karabakh Republic, which no state has so far recognized.
As a result of the armed conflict that lasted from 1992 to 1994, the Azerbaijani forces lost control of Karabakh and 7 adjacent districts.
Source: Agencies
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