Ambassador Agshin Mehdiyev: Government of Azerbaijan is not in the position to pass over in silence the facts of crimes committed by the Armenians
02 June 2011 [13:54] - TODAY.AZ
The Permanent Representative of
Azerbaijan to the UN has responded to Armenian Representative’s
accusations.
In his last letter to the UN Secretary General Ambassador Agshin
Mehdiyev mentioned that, by rejecting the recommendations that the OSCE
Minsk Group co-chairs presented on the basis of their Field Assessment
Mission to the occupied territories of Azerbaijan from 7 to 12 October
2010 and purporting to deny its culpability for the killing on 8 March
2011 of a nine-year-old Azerbaijani child and for committing other
heinous crimes during the aggression against Azerbaijan and occupation
of its territories, Armenia shows it is unwilling to solve the conflict.
"Armenia demonstrates persistent unwillingness to respect its
obligations under the Charter of the UN and international law and to
refrain from attempts to discredit the ongoing conflict settlement
process. It is curious that Armenia, the country which bears primary
responsibility for unleashing the war of aggression against Azerbaijan
and committing the most serious crimes of international concern during
the conflict, has the insolence to criticize the victim of aggression",
he said in the letter.
Mr. Mehdiyev mentioned that, the Permanent Representative of Armenia
went as far as considering it unethical to inform the Secretary-General
and the States Members of the United Nations about the killing by an
Armenian sniper of the Azerbaijani child.
"At the same time, it is well known that the Armenian leadership proved
more than once, not only by words, but also deeds, that such notion as
ethics, peace and humanism are alien to it. The Government of Azerbaijan
is not in the position to pass over in silence the facts of crimes
committed by the Armenian side in the course of the war and will
continue doing its best to bring all those responsible for these crimes
to justice", Mehdiyev added.
The earlier the Government of Armenia comprehends the collapse of its
dangerous political agenda, the sooner our peoples will be able to
benefit from peace, stability and cooperation, the letter says.
In his letter Mr. Mehdiyev also draws UN’s attention to wounding of one
civilian and three Azerbaijani soldiers during ongoing the ceasefire
violations in April.
"Moreover, the mentioned period was also marked by a series of
large-scale military exercises conducted by the armed forces of Armenia
in the occupied territories of Azerbaijan with the use of air forces,
armored units and artillery. Inhabitants of nearby frontline districts
clearly heard explosions from the adjacent occupied districts. Even
dwelling houses had been shaken by the heavy artillery shells", he
noted.
/APA/
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