Baku responds to Pashinyan`s statement

ArmInfo. The Azerbaijani Foreign  Ministry has responded to today's statement by RA Prime Minister  Nikol Pashinyan regarding the establishment of a checkpoint  (checkpoint) by Azerbaijan on the Hakari bridge in the Berdzor/Lachin  corridor, the only road linking Armenia with Nagorno-Karabakh.

"Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan's statement that the  establishment of a border checkpoint on the Lachin road pursues the  goal of "ethnic cleansing" is unacceptable and absurd," the  Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry said in a commentary in response to  Pashinyan's statements.

The Foreign Ministry of this country noted that "any interference by  the Armenian side in the establishment of a border checkpoint by  Azerbaijan on its "sovereign" territory is an encroachment on the  sovereignty and territorial integrity of Azerbaijan, and this is  contrary to the obligations of Armenia taken in Prague and Sochi, as  well as the norms and principles of international law. "Such  statements by the Armenian side not only do not contribute to peace  and tranquility in the region, but are aimed at increasing tensions,"  the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry emphasizes, once again making  far-fetched accusations against Yerevan about using the Lachin  corridor "for illegal activities, transporting ammunition and mines".

Official Baku also reacted to Pashinyan's statement on the need to  deploy an urgent international fact- finding mission in the Lachin  corridor and Nagorno-Karabakh, and on international mechanisms for  dialogue between Stepanakert and Baku, noting that "the Azerbaijani  side will carry out a dialogue with "Armenian residents" within the  framework of the country's legislation, and the intervention of third  parties in this matter is unacceptable>.