Panaroma.am
April 2, 2022

2016 April war became a ‘touchstone’ – Artsakh Foreign Ministry

Artsakh’s Foreign Ministry on Saturday issued the following statement on the sixth anniversary of the 2016 April war launched by Azerbaijan:

“Six years ago, on the night of April 2, 2016, the Azerbaijani armed forces, violating the May 12, 1994 Agreement on full cessation of fire and hostilities and February 6, 1995 Agreement on strengthening the ceasefire, launched treacherous aggression against the Republic of Artsakh.”

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The 2016 April aggression became a touchstone, among other things, to test the reaction of the international community to the violation of the UN Charter and international obligations by Azerbaijan. The fact that these illegal actions did not entail any serious political and legal consequences for Baku only strengthened the confidence of the Azerbaijani authorities in the permissiveness and the prevalence of force over international law.

Both the 2016 April war and the subsequent 44-day aggression of Azerbaijan in 2020, despite their local nature, became a real test for the entire system of international relations. Impunity for unleashing aggressive wars has led to the undermining of such fundamental principles of international law as non-use of force, peaceful settlement of disputes, conscientious fulfillment of international obligations, etc.

Taking into account that the Azerbaijani authorities refuse to negotiate for a peaceful settlement of the Azerbaijan-Karabagh conflict, continue to violate their obligations and do not halt the aggressive actions, we expect the international community to take concrete political steps to guarantee the realization by the people of Artsakh of their collective human rights and freedoms, without any restrictions.”

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Panorama.am
March 17, 2022

Armenian expert: Baku dictator almost openly joined anti-Russian camp

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has almost openly joined the anti-Russian camp, according to Armenian expert on Iran Vardan Voskanyan, who heads the Chair of Iranian Studies of the Faculty of Oriental Studies at the Yerevan State University.

His comments came after a phone call between Aliyev and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, where the latter thanked the Azeri leader for the support provided to Ukraine.

“The ink is still wet on the declaration on Russia-Azerbaijan “alliance”, but the Baku dictator, who recently praised Russia in Moscow, has almost openly joined the camp of anti-Russian actions,” he wrote on Telegram.

“The U.S. secretary of state hinted to it in a post on Twitter, noting that he thanked the Baku dictator for his assistance to Ukraine.

“I think it’s obvious what kind of “assistance” it is about, taking into account Russian and Syrian media reports as well.

“Baku’s dictatorial regime, under the guise of humanitarian aid, sent Middle Eastern terrorists and mercenaries to Ukraine to fight against Russian troops and volunteers in Donbass,” Voskanyan said.