ArmInfo.The territories that came under the control of the Azerbaijani side are considered occupied. A similar decision was made at the meeting of the National Assembly of the Republic of Artsakh on March 1.
The statement of the National Assembly says that the aggression of Azerbaijan against Artsakh and the occupation of these territories cannot have any legal influence on the course of future negotiations on the determination of the status and borders of the Republic of Artsakh.
This decision was made guided by the fact that Azerbaijan, violating the commitments undertaken within the OSCE Minsk Group and the co-chairing states to renounce the use of force and the threat of the use of force, launched large-scale military actions against the Republic of Artsakh on September 27, 2020, the victims of which were thousands citizens, including among the civilian population. In addition, the civil infrastructures and cultural heritage of the Republic of Artsakh were deliberately destroyed.