Armenian deputy recognizes belonging of Nagorno Karabakh to Azerbaijan

Commenting on the signing of the Moscow Declaration by the Presidents of Azerbaijan, Armenia and Russia, the deputy pointed to the paragraph requiring the return of Azerbaijani refugees to their homes.

"This mostly relates to the return of refugees to their homes, including only Azeri natives, who are temporarily displaced and, according to the same rules of international law, should not appear in the status of refugees", he explained.

Khachatryan is right - Azerbaijanis of Nagorno-Karabakh and seven adjacent districts, expelled from their land by the armed forces of the invader state of Armenia, are not refugees but internally displaced persons (IDP) as defined by Geneva convention of 1951 because when leaving Nagorno-Karabakh and seven adjacent districts and  directing to the safe regions of Azerbaijan, they have not crossed the state border and stayed in the Azerbaijani state.

After returning to their homes as a result of the settlement of the Armenia-Azerbaijan, Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, they still will not cross the state border, as Nagorno-Karabakh is part of Azerbaijan. It is for this reason that they are currently not considered refugees and internally displaced persons, and deputy Khachatryan has mentioned it thus recognizing the fact that Nagorno Karabakh belongs to Azerbaijan.

Vugar Seidov
AzerTac, Berlin