Friday, June 12 2020 19:18

ArmInfo. In connection with the synchronous statements of the Azerbaijan MFA and three deputies of the European Parliament regarding the construction of the road connecting Artsakh with the Republic of Armenia, the Artsakh MFA  issued a statement.

 

The implementation of communication projects linking Artsakh with the  Republic of Armenia and the outside world is especially relevant  against the background of Baku's ongoing attempts to isolate Artsakh  by manipulating certain principles of international law. At the same  time, the Azerbaijani authorities do not even hide that they are  considering the blockade, including the air one, as an integral part  of their general strategy aimed at the physical destruction of  Artsakh and its inhabitants. One of the markers of Azerbaijan's  anti-human policy is the threat of the Azerbaijani authorities to  bring down civilian aircraft.  It is noteworthy that the Azerbaijani  authorities openly demonstrate their neglect of international law.  The quintessential attitude of official Baku to international law is  the phrase of the President of Azerbaijan that "international law  does not work in the world today, international treaties are just a  piece of paper, have no value".

Secondly, the statement of individual European deputies is their  private opinion, which does not comply with previously adopted  documents of the European Parliament, including resolutions on the  inadmissibility of the blockade of Artsakh. The fact that some of the  authors of the statement were awarded state awards of Azerbaijan,  largely explains why their position fully coincides with the position  of official Baku. The bias of the statement of the European deputies  is so obvious that it cannot contain any useful message and play a  positive role in "creating conditions conducive to trust, peace and  reconciliation", about which the mentioned parliamentarians allegedly  bake.

Even more cynical is the attempt by the authors of the statement to  cover up their commitment to the peace process under the auspices of  the co-chairmanship of the OSCE Minsk Group. Using politically  motivated language that contradicts the terminology of the OSCE Minsk  Group co-chairs and misleads the international community about the  essence of the Azerbaijani-Karabakh conflict, the three European  deputies are actually damaging the peace process.

We are convinced that a just settlement of the Azerbaijani-Karabakh  conflict is possible only on the basis of a man-centered approach.  Attempts to isolate an entire nation, the threat of its physical  annihilation, obstructing the realization of individual and  collective rights of people are remnants of the past and cannot take  place in the modern world, "the MFA Information and Public Relations  Department of the Artsakh says in a comment.