Friday, December 9 2022 16:15

ArmInfo.Assistant to the President of Azerbaijan Hikmet Hajiyev reacted to the statement of Secretary of the Security Council of the Republic of Armenia Armen  Grigoryan that "an agreement was reached in Washington on the  establishment of an international mechanism for discussing the rights  and security of the Armenians of Artsakh between Nagorno-Karabakh and  Azerbaijan."

According to Azerbaijani media reports, "Hajiyev said that "the  statements about reaching an agreement on the establishment of  international mechanisms for protecting the rights and security of  Armenians living in Karabakh are a lie." However, the assistant to  the President of Azerbaijan admitted that such an issue was  discussed. <The discussion of any issue at the talks does not mean  that an agreement has been reached on this issue. At a September 27  meeting at the White House in Washington, hosted by US National  Security Adviser Jake Sullivan, we reaffirmed that Azerbaijan will  not discuss the rights and security of the Armenian population living  in Karabakh with any international partner, as these are internal  affairs of our country, and in accordance with the Constitution of  Azerbaijan, the issue of establishing an international mechanism  regulated on the basis of the laws of national sovereignty is also  excluded."," the Azerbaijani official said.  It should be reminded  that today in the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia the  Secretary of the Security Council of the Republic of Armenia reacted  to this statement by Hajiyev. Armen Grigoryan noted that there are  things that cannot be refused. " Not only the Armenian, but also the  American side participated in the negotiations in the hall, and there  is a protocol about this, which the Azerbaijani side knows about, and  I am surprised that Baku denies the facts," Grigoryan said.

It should be noted that discussions on the issue of direct  negotiations and the above-mentioned international mechanism started  on September 27 during a meeting in Washington between  Secretary of  the Security Council of Armenia Armen Grigoryan, Assistant to the  President of Azerbaijan for Foreign Policy Hikmet Hajiyev and  National Security Adviser to the US President Jake Sullivan. After  this meeting, the media leaked a document in which some agreements  were recorded. After the leak of the document, there was no official  refutation by either the authorities of Armenia or Azerbaijan. In the  part about direct negotiations in the Washington document, in  particular, it was noted: "The government of Azerbaijan will appoint  a representative to work with a similar representative of the  Armenian ethnic community of Nagorno- Karabakh and will discuss the  rights and security of the inhabitants of Nagorno-Karabakh. The  representatives will ensure the transparency of discussions to the  international community. The parties will jointly discuss the role of  international observers without prejudice to the sovereignty of  Azerbaijan, as well as to ensure the protection of the minority  groups in Nagorno-Karabakh."