Wednesday, May 31 2023 22:14

ArmInfo. The Armenian side has always welcomed the efforts made by the US in the process of  establishing peace, stability and security in the South Caucasus.  The RA MFA commented regarding the press statement made by the US State Department on May 30.

"We think it should be obvious to all our partners that in the  process of normalization of relations between Armenia and Azerbaijan,  both the recognition of each other's territorial integrity and  inviolability of borders based on the Alma-Ata Declaration and  addressing the rights and security of the people of Nagorno Karabakh  are key. As we emphasized in the statement of the Ministry of Foreign  Affairs of Armenia on May 29, the recognition of the territorial  integrity of Azerbaijan cannot be interpreted as authority to carry  out ethnic cleansing and arbitrariness against the people of  Nagorno-Karabakh.

It is impossible not to notice that the statements made by the  President of Azerbaijan on May 28 not only did not offer dignified  solutions to the above-mentioned problems, but also contained clear  threats to the sovereignty and independence of the Republic of  Armenia and the right of the people of Nagorno-Karabakh to live in  security and with dignity in their homeland, which the Armenian side  has repeatedly raised the alarm. Our partners have been alerted about  this many times.

We believe that the United States, based on its own values of  democracy and human rights protection and its commitment and  involvement in the establishment of lasting peace in the region,  should adequately respond to these statements in order to prevent the  expansionist policy of the Azerbaijani leadership towards the  sovereign territory of the Republic of Armenia and attempts of ethnic  cleansing in Nagorno Karabakh>, the RA Foreign Ministry said in a  statement on May 31.