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Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev expressed the opinion that the Armenian authorities do not want an end to the war in Nagorno-Karabakh. He recalled that according to the UN resolution, Armenia must liberate all the occupied territories.
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, in an interview with the Italian newspaper La Repubblica, declared that he is ready to stop the war in Nagorno-Karabakh on the condition that Armenia liberate the occupied territories in accordance with the resolutions of the Security Council of the ONU. The interview was posted on the president’s website.
According to Aliyev, a commitment by Yerevan should be the complete liberation of all the occupied territories. He recalled that UN resolutions say that first five regions must be liberated and then two more.
“We have already unilaterally liberated four districts, so [премьер-министр Армении Никол Пашинян] I must say that the troops must withdraw from the territories of the Aghdam, Kelbejar, Lachin regions that remained under occupation. But he does not make that claim. This shows that he does not want to end the war, “said the President of Azerbaijan.
He promised all Armenians, residents of Nagorno-Karabakh, that they can continue to live there “in peace and with dignity.” Aliyev denied reports of an alleged genocide in Nagorno-Karabakh.
“Talks about a new genocide are low-quality propaganda. Thousands of Armenians live happily in Azerbaijan, but none of the Azerbaijanis live in either Armenia or Nagorno-Karabakh,” added the Azerbaijani president.
In 1991, Nagorno-Karabakh, with the support of Armenia, 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 an armistice and a 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.
On September 27, 2020, the biggest conflict in recent years broke out in Nagorno-Karabakh. The Azerbaijani Defense Ministry accused Armenia of “large-scale provocation”, shelling of Azerbaijani army positions and announced the beginning of a “swift counteroffensive”. The Armenian authorities, in turn, stated that the Azerbaijani army had launched an offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh. During the conflict, the parties used tanks, heavy artillery and aircraft. Soldiers and civilians were reported killed and wounded.
Martial law was introduced both in Armenia and in certain regions of Azerbaijan. Both countries involved in the conflict announced mobilization.
On October 9, during the negotiations in Moscow, the representatives of Azerbaijan and Armenia agreed to a cease-fire in Nagorno-Karabakh starting at 12:00 on October 10. However, after the start of the truce, both parties accused each other of breaking it.
Subsequently, Aliyev reported several times on the capture of settlements in Nagorno-Karabakh under the control of Baku.
Agreements on an armistice were reached in Nagorno-Karabakh on several occasions, but each time they were violated.
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