ArmInfo.Everyone knows a simple truth - louder than all "keep a thief," the thief himself cries. Deputy Foreign Minister of Armenia Shavarsh Kocharyan stated this in a conversation with ArmInfo correspondent, referring to Ilham Aliyev's statement that corruption, bribery, high inflation and migration are flourishing in Armenia.
Kocharyan noted that it would be more correct if President Aliyev paid attention to the problems prevailing in his country - the same corruption, bribery, etc.
As for Aliyev's territorial claims regarding Artsakh and Armenia, the deputy minister stressed that such statements once again show that the AR is an artificially created state and has no idea even of its own history and therefore claims to "privatize" the history and territories of neighboring states. "I also consider it necessary to note that Artsakh was never a part of independent Azerbaijan, it was annexed to Soviet Azerbaijan by an arbitrary decision of Stalin," Kocharyan stressed.
Touching upon Aliyev's statements that the international community supports the position of Azerbaijan in the issue of Artsakh, Kocharyan stated that the format of the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs is the main and internationally recognized format of the Karabakh settlement. "It is this format that is adopted by the UN, moreover, 3 permanent members of the UN Security Council are involved in this format. All international decisions referred to by Aliyev are accepted by the Islamic Conference and other by similar organizations through well-known corruption deals. It is clear that such organizations have no weight, they are used by the President of Azerbaijan solely for justification and propaganda within the country," concluded Kocharyan.