Azerbaijan on Monday accused French President Emmanuel Macron of undermining Baku’s peace course of with neighboring Armenia, calling his views on the state of affairs within the nation’s Karabakh area “biased.”
“French President Emmanuel Macron’s biased views reiterated during the Ambassadorial Conference of August 28 undermine the peace process, while creating the wrong impression on the current situation in the region and unilaterally defending Armenia,” Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry spokesman Aykhan Hajizada mentioned in an announcement launched by the ministry.
Hajizada mentioned the opinion expressed by Macron throughout the convention primarily based on allegations concerning the humanitarian state of affairs within the area, “attests to the erroneous policy” of France.
Macron’s condemnation of the 44-day battle that led to the liberation of Azerbaijani lands is “not comprehensible,” he remarked.
“Expressions such as ‘Lachin humanitarian corridor’ by the French President, as well as coercive narrative, are unacceptable, and disrespectful of the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Azerbaijan,” Hajizada added.
He mentioned France is effectively conscious of the day by day passage of dozens of Armenian residents via the Lachin street and the border checkpoint, the proposal of the Aghdam-Khankendi street and different different routes, and the politicization of using the Lachin street by Armenia and individuals presenting themselves as representatives of Armenian residents.
“Instead of encouraging the implementation of the agreements reached on this path firstly of August, the opinions supporting the provocative steps of Armenia are among the many components that instantly impede the method.
“It would be more useful for France, who states that in Prague they were authors of the EU mission and the initiative to recognize each other’s borders under the Alma-Ata Declaration of 1991, to answer the question of why they did not come up with such initiatives for almost 30 years when the territories of Azerbaijan were under occupation,” he added.
Relations between Azerbaijan and Armenia 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, Azerbaijan liberated a number of cities, villages, and settlements from Armenian occupation throughout 44 days of clashes. The struggle ended with a Russia-brokered peace settlement.
Despite ongoing talks over a long-term peace settlement, tensions between the neighboring international locations rose in latest months over the Lachin street, the one land route giving Armenia entry to the Karabakh area, the place Azerbaijan established a border checkpoint in April on the grounds of stopping the unlawful transport of navy arms and tools to the area.
Source: www.anews.com.tr
