Baku on Thursday denied claims made earlier within the day by Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan throughout a Cabinet assembly in Yerevan that Azerbaijan is “illegally blocking” the Lachin route.
A press release by the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry stated it reminded Armenia that it was provocations by the Armenian navy that obstructed the secure passages from the Lachin checkpoint, the place it stated it created “appropriate conditions” for the “transparent and safe passage” of Armenian residents of the Karabakh area.
“It seems that Armenia is resorting to such provocations because it is deprived of the illegal activities it carried out through the Lachin road after 2020, as well as because it is concerned about the positive approach demonstrated by Azerbaijan during the passage of the Armenian residents,” the assertion stated.
The assertion rejected the Armenian claims that there’s a “humanitarian crisis in the region” and Yerevan’s requires the introduction of an “international mechanism” in dialogues between Baku and native Armenian residents, which the assertion stated is “an internal matter of Azerbaijan.”
“Azerbaijan is determined to implement relevant necessary measures for the reintegration of Armenian residents, and the invitation addressed to Armenian residents for the purpose of discussing these and other issues is still valid,” the assertion additional stated.
The assertion additionally stated that Armenia’s use of this problem for “manipulation” and to impede the peace course of within the area is “unacceptable.”
Relations between the 2 former Soviet republics have been tense since 1991 when the Armenian navy occupied Nagorno-Karabakh-a territory internationally acknowledged as a part of Azerbaijan and 7 adjoining areas.
In the autumn of 2020 in 44 days of combating, Azerbaijan liberated a number of cities, villages, and settlements from Armenian occupation. The Russian-brokered peace settlement is widely known as a triumph in Azerbaijan.
Despite ongoing peace settlement talks between Baku and Yerevan, tensions between the neighboring international locations have escalated in current months because of the Lachin hall, which serves as the only real land route offering Armenia entry to Karabakh.
Source: www.anews.com.tr
