The Armed Forces of Azerbaijan control the main roads of Nagorno-Karabakh, it is not possible to visit and get information about the actual situation. RA Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan announced at the UN Security Council session.
He noted that more than 10,000 people were forcibly displaced and all this is happening not 100 years ago, but today, in front of the international community, in the 21st century.
“In the eyes of Azerbaijan these children are terrorists, and Azerbaijan’s actions, missiles, armored vehicles, artillery and UAVs were directed against those children, their parents and grandparents. This was feasible, the clear signs were there. We have been alarming for a long time now. The international community refused to take it seriously enough.
One should be naive to think that this was not precisely thought through ever since or even before the institutionalization of the inhumane blockade with the aim of bringing down the will and ability of the people of Nagorno-Karabakh to resist and maintain their lives and livelihood in their ancestral homeland. The Azerbaijani aggression that unfolded with explicit barbarity and deliberate targeting of civilian populations and infrastructure was the final act of this tragedy aimed at the forced exodus of the people of Nagorno-Karabakh.” Ararat Mirzoyan noted.
RA Foreign Minister announced at the UN Security Council session that the actions of 19 September must be condemned. Mirzoyan said that dozens of civilians were killed as a result of them, and thousands of people were forced to leave their homes.
“The use of military force in violation of international humanitarian law cannot be justified in any way. When Azerbaijan blocked the Lachin cCorridor and we called for urgent meeting of the UNSC in December 2022 – this Council failed to react adequately. When the International Court of Justice on February 22 and July 6, 2023, adopted legally binding orders and they were disrespected by Azerbaijan- this Council as an august body meant to ensure the implementation of ICJ orders failed to react adequately.
During the days prior to September 19’s Azerbaijani aggression when Armenia was raising alarm about feasible use of force by Azerbaijan and seeking for concrete measures and actions to prevent this scenario – international community reacted to our warning with skepticism. This approach and this terminology are not relevant any more.
There are no more sides of the conflict but perpetrators and victims. There is no more conflict,” Ararat Mirzoyan said.
