Armenia has no plans to withdraw lawsuits against Azerbaijan in international courts - expert

YEREVAN, 18 September. /ARKA/. Armenia currently has no plans to withdraw lawsuits filed against Azerbaijan in international courts, Armenia's representative on international legal issues Yeghishe Kirakosyan said.

‘Legal processes are ongoing and we are awaiting the decisions of the courts. International legal processes can never be opposed to peace,’ Kirakosyan said Wednesday during a panel discussion at the Second World Armenian Summit in Yerevan.

According to him, any attempt that tries to oppose international legal processes to peace or a settlement process is artificial.

‘It is not accidental that such opposition comes from Azerbaijan... I believe that the voicing of such an idea by Azerbaijan speaks volumes. It shows that this country is concerned about legal processes,’ Kirakosyan said.

He said the decisions (of international courts) and the ongoing legal processes have a very important impact on Azerbaijan's behaviour as a country.

‘Continuing the process is important; it is part of the peace process, because in terms of the long-term peace, legal processes play a key role. The legal process itself is not only a process initiated to restore violated rights, but specifically in interstate cases it is also a ‘war’ of narratives,’ Kirakosyan noted.

‘A large number of these narratives that Azerbaijan has been spreading for decades are being refuted during this trial,’ Kirakosyan said.

Armenia's lawsuit is pending before the UN International Criminal Court (ICC) demanding the elimination of all forms of racial discrimination by Azerbaijan due to years of state-level propaganda of hatred and Armenophobia.

In addition, 4 inter-state complaints against Azerbaijan are pending on behalf of Armenia at the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) - in connection with crimes in the 44-day war in Artsakh (September-November 2020); illegal trials of captured Armenians in Azerbaijan; armed attacks and occupation of sovereign Armenian territory by Azerbaijani Armed Forces (May 2021. - November 2022); blockade of the Lachin corridor (December 2022-September 2023) and violation of the rights of Nagorno-Karabakh Armenians. -0-

 

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18:48 09/18/2024