Armenian foreign minister finds it impossible to exclude Artsakh's right for self-determination from agenda (VIDEO)
09.12.2020,
13:52
The right to self-determination was one of the key points of the negotiation process on Karabakh, and it is impossible to exclude it from the agenda the right to self-determination, Armenian Foreign Minister Ara Ayvazyan said Tuesday at a joint briefing with his French counterpart Jean-Yves Le Drian.
YEREVAN, December 9. /ARKA/. The right to self-determination was one of the key points of the negotiation process on Karabakh, and it is impossible to exclude it from the agenda the right to self-determination, Armenian Foreign Minister Ara Ayvazyan said Tuesday at a joint briefing with his French counterpart Jean-Yves Le Drian.
Answering the question of how he sees the realization of the right of the people of Artsakh to self-determination, taking into account that this question is the only one of the Madrid principles that has not yet been resolved, he said that Azerbaijan and Turkey, having launched a military aggression against the self-determination of Artsakh, violated their international obligations, and Azerbaijan also violated its obligations on the peace negotiation process.
According to the Armenian foreign minister, from September 27 to this day, a new watershed of perception has occurred in the international community, since the international community has realized that the Nagorno-Karabakh problem is not a purely territorial dispute.
Ayvazyan stressed that ethnic cleansing and war crimes took place in all the territories of Artsakh that came under the control of Azerbaijan, which once again proves the need to address the issue of recognizing the right of Artsakh to self-determination. Only in this case, it seems to me, it is possible to achieve a long-term and just peace, and only in this case it will be possible to think about a peaceful existence and a new era in the South Caucasus.
About Artsakh War
From September 27 to November 9, the Azerbaijani Armed Forces, with the participation of Turkey and foreign mercenaries and terrorists recruited by it, carried out aggression against Artsakh at the frontline and in the rear using rocket and artillery weapons, heavy armored vehicles, military aircraft and prohibited types of weapons (cluster bombs, phosphorus weapons). The strikes were delivered also at civil and military targets on the territory of Armenia.
On November 9, the leaders of the Russia, Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a statement on the cessation of all hostilities in Artsakh. According to the document, the parties stop at their positions. The city of Shushi, Agdam, Kelbajar and Lachin regions pass over to Azerbaijan, with the exception of a 5-kilometer corridor connecting Karabakh with Armenia. A Russian peacekeeping contingent will be deployed along the contact line in Karabakh and along the Lachin corridor. Internally displaced persons and refugees are returning to Karabakh and adjacent regions, prisoners of war, hostages and other detained persons and bodies of the dead are exchanged.
About Karabakh Conflict
Karabakh conflict broke out in 1988 when Karabakh, mainly populated by Armenians, declared its independence from Azerbaijan.
On December 10, 1991, a few days after the collapse of the Soviet Union, a referendum took place in Nagorno-Karabakh, and the majority of the population (99.89%) voted for secession from Azerbaijan.
Afterwards, large-scale military operations began. As a result, Azerbaijan lost control over Nagorno-Karabakh and the seven regions adjacent to it. Some 30,000 people were killed in this war and about one million people fled their homes.
On May 12, 1994, the Bishkek cease-fire agreement put an end to the military operations.
Since 1992, talks brokered by OSCE Minsk Group are being held over peaceful settlement of the conflict. The group is co-chaired by USA, Russia and France. -0---
Answering the question of how he sees the realization of the right of the people of Artsakh to self-determination, taking into account that this question is the only one of the Madrid principles that has not yet been resolved, he said that Azerbaijan and Turkey, having launched a military aggression against the self-determination of Artsakh, violated their international obligations, and Azerbaijan also violated its obligations on the peace negotiation process.
According to the Armenian foreign minister, from September 27 to this day, a new watershed of perception has occurred in the international community, since the international community has realized that the Nagorno-Karabakh problem is not a purely territorial dispute.
Ayvazyan stressed that ethnic cleansing and war crimes took place in all the territories of Artsakh that came under the control of Azerbaijan, which once again proves the need to address the issue of recognizing the right of Artsakh to self-determination. Only in this case, it seems to me, it is possible to achieve a long-term and just peace, and only in this case it will be possible to think about a peaceful existence and a new era in the South Caucasus.
About Artsakh War
From September 27 to November 9, the Azerbaijani Armed Forces, with the participation of Turkey and foreign mercenaries and terrorists recruited by it, carried out aggression against Artsakh at the frontline and in the rear using rocket and artillery weapons, heavy armored vehicles, military aircraft and prohibited types of weapons (cluster bombs, phosphorus weapons). The strikes were delivered also at civil and military targets on the territory of Armenia.
On November 9, the leaders of the Russia, Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a statement on the cessation of all hostilities in Artsakh. According to the document, the parties stop at their positions. The city of Shushi, Agdam, Kelbajar and Lachin regions pass over to Azerbaijan, with the exception of a 5-kilometer corridor connecting Karabakh with Armenia. A Russian peacekeeping contingent will be deployed along the contact line in Karabakh and along the Lachin corridor. Internally displaced persons and refugees are returning to Karabakh and adjacent regions, prisoners of war, hostages and other detained persons and bodies of the dead are exchanged.
About Karabakh Conflict
Karabakh conflict broke out in 1988 when Karabakh, mainly populated by Armenians, declared its independence from Azerbaijan.
On December 10, 1991, a few days after the collapse of the Soviet Union, a referendum took place in Nagorno-Karabakh, and the majority of the population (99.89%) voted for secession from Azerbaijan.
Afterwards, large-scale military operations began. As a result, Azerbaijan lost control over Nagorno-Karabakh and the seven regions adjacent to it. Some 30,000 people were killed in this war and about one million people fled their homes.
On May 12, 1994, the Bishkek cease-fire agreement put an end to the military operations.
Since 1992, talks brokered by OSCE Minsk Group are being held over peaceful settlement of the conflict. The group is co-chaired by USA, Russia and France. -0---
