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The People’s Deputy of the “Opposition Platform – For Life”, Ilya Kiva, commenting on the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh, said that there is a war between Turkey and Armenia and asked Christians for help. The Azerbaijani Embassy in Ukraine appealed to the president of the Verkhovna Rada Dmitry Razumkov with extreme indignation at the statements of the people’s deputy.
On October 4, Opposition Platform – For Life MP Ilya Kiva posted a video on Facebook in which he declared that the war between Turkey and Armenia is not a territorial conflict.
“This is a continuation of the millennial confrontation between the Christian and Muslim world. And our task today – Christians, Orthodox Christians – to unite and help our brothers and sisters in Christ,” said the People’s Deputy.
He urged not to allow the desecration of temples and to defend the faith.
The Azerbaijani embassy in Ukraine, in an appeal to the Verkhovna Rada spokesperson, which was posted on October 7 on Facebook, expressed extreme outrage at Kiva’s video message.
“We believe that such ‘loud statements’ by Kiva justify his misanthropic attitude towards people of different religions living in peace and harmony also in multinational and multiconfessional Ukraine,” the message reads.
The embassy believes that such statements by the parliamentarian do not correspond to the spirit of strategic partnership between Ukraine and Azerbaijan and may cause great outrage among the general public.
On September 27, large-scale hostilities began in Nagorno-Karabakh. The Armenian Foreign Ministry reported on the bombing of settlements, the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry accused Armenia of “large-scale provocation” and bombardment of the Azerbaijani army positions. Azerbaijan announced the civilians killed and injured as a result of the bombings from Armenia.
Turkey declared its support for Azerbaijan in the conflict with Armenia. Turkish President Recep Erdogan said that Armenia should leave the occupied territory of Nagorno-Karabakh. Russia called on Turkey and other countries to convince Azerbaijan and Armenia to return to a peaceful settlement.
In 1991, with the support of Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh declared its independence from Azerbaijan. This led to hostilities that lasted until 1994. The armed conflict ended with the signing of the Bishkek Protocol on Armistice and Ceasefire, but from time to time armed clashes broke out between the parties. During the conflict, more than 30 thousand people died in the region.
Azerbaijan considers Nagorno-Karabakh as a territory occupied by Armenia.
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