Wednesday, January 11 2017 18:15

ArmInfo. By stating that after Armenian troops are withdrawn, the ceasefire will not be  violated and there will be no need to introduce any investigative mechanisms, Baku actually indirectly confirms the fact that it is Azerbaijan that violates the ceasefire and refuses to implement  investigative mechanisms, Nagorno-Karabakh President's Spokesman David Babayan has told ArmInfo, when commenting on Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry Spokesman Hikmat Hajiyev's statement.  

The latest official statement of Baku once again demonstrates the  entire destructive policy of Azerbaijan.  "Following this logic, one  can say that the agreements signed in 1994-95 and confirmed in Moscow  after the April escalation are senseless, because it is all the same  to Azerbaijan whether these agreements exist or not, for it will  behave the way it wants. According to this logic, Azerbaijan will  strive to "liberate" both Yerevan and Western Azerbaijan, which is in  Iran. It is nothing but manifestation of fascism," Babayan says. 

Babayan also refutes the remarks of Hajiyev, who said that the  provocation on the Armenian-Azeri state border on 29 Dec 2016 was  planned by Armenia and aimed to involve the CSTO in the conflict.   "What is that to the CSTO? Earlier Azerbaijan also violated the  ceasefire on the Armenian-Azeri border. Visiting the Armenian  near-border villages, any expert will see the traces of Azeri  aggression. This is another provocation. I think the OSCE Minsk Group  and the entire international community should react more seriously to  such actions and statements of Baku and they should give an adequate  assessment, because Baku's steps seriously harm the talks," Babayan  says. 

When speaking of Baku's allegations regarding the delay in  repatriation of the Azeri serviceman's body, Babayan notes that the  Armenian side does not need that body and that it will be repatriated  sooner or later.  "That body clearly demonstrates who initiated the  sabotage attack. I see no political background here. I suppose the  Azeri raider's body will be repatriated after certain procedures," he  says.  

He also stresses that the remains of the resident of Chinari village,  who was tortured in Azerbaijan, have not been repatriated to Armenia  so far and no one speaks about it. 

To note, Spokesman of Azerbaijan's Foreign Ministry Hikmat Hajiyev in  an interview to APA touching upon the statement by the Armenian  Foreign Minister that Azerbaijan does not observe 1994-1995  agreements on ceasefire and refuses to implement mechanisms of  investigation of incidents, stated: ''This claim of the Armenian  foreign minister is illogical and absolutely contrary to the  cause-and-effect category. Incidents are effects, and the cause is  the presence of the Armenian troops in the occupied territories of  Azerbaijan. There will be no cause for incidents and ultimately no  reason to investigate them after the Armenian troops completely and  unconditionally withdraw from Azerbaijan's occupied territories in  accordance with the UN Security Council resolutions. In accordance  with the substantive talks held in Vienna and St. Petersburg on  settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, the technical support  task such as the investigation of incidents should be an integral  part of the process of Armenian troops' withdrawal from the occupied  Azerbaijani territories. Armenia, in order to avoid a settlement  based on substantive talks, deliberately focuses the attention on  issues such as the investigation of incidents''. 

Hajiyev also accused Armenia of initiating sabotage on  Armenian-Azerbaijani state border aiming to involve CSTO in the  Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. According to him ''pro-Armenian'' comments  by the former CSTO secretary general Nikolay Bordyuzha once again  prove that the provocation was pre-planned. He also stated that  Armenia refuses to hand over body of Azerbaijani soldier, who was  killed on December 29, 2016 by Armenian Armed Forces.