Friday, September 25 2020 16:55

ArmInfo. The Armenian Foreign Ministry reacted to the groundless accusations of Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev against Yerevan during a speech at the UN  General Assembly session.

As the press service of the RA MFA reports,  MFA Spokesperson Anna  Naghdalyan, responding to Aliyev's attacks, noted: "The peoples of  the region inherited a complex conflict, the final resolution of  which requires an agreement that will be acceptable for the people of  Armenia, the people of Artsakh and the people of Azerbaijan. Only the  authorities enjoying the mandate of their people are capable of  demonstrating the political will for reaching a compromise and  establishing peace. Both Armenia and Artsakh authorities have  received the mandate of their peoples and are ready to launch a  dialogue with the authorities of Azerbaijan that enjoy the relevant  mandate of their people.

Ilham Aliyev, who inherited the power from his father and who shares  it within a single family, is not such a leader. His authority has  always been based on manipulations of the conflict, promoting the  image of Armenia and the Armenian people as a "useful enemy" within  his own society, rather than addressing the latter's needs.  Under  the rule of Ilham Aliyev Azerbaijan missed the historic opportunity  to use the "oil boom" to build a modern country and society. Today  the authorities of Azerbaijan are perceived in the world as an  authoritarian and repressive regime which uses all the opportunities,  including the COVID-19 pandemic, to harass and silence its own  people.  In the region, we deal with such a governmental system where  the values are replaced with a cult of personality, dynasty and own  wealth, while the interests serve the preservation of inherited power  at all costs. Regrettably, "all costs" are paid by the people of  Azerbaijan deprived of voice and freedoms."

To note, during his speech at the UN General Assembly, Aliyev  complained about the military-political leadership of the Republic of  Armenia, accused the Armenian Prime Minister of "deliberate violation  of the format and essence of the negotiations, which are mediated by  the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs." "His statement Karabakh is Armenia  is a serious blow to the negotiation process. He puts forward  unreasonable conditions in the negotiation process. We rejected his  unacceptable before Azerbaijan.  We have only one  condition to achieve peace. The Armenian Armed Forces must be  withdrawn from of all the of Azerbaijan,"  Ilham Aliyev said.  At the same time, he assured that Armenia is  preparing for "aggression against Azerbaijan," and in this vein  called on the UN and the international community to use leverage on  Armenia.