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Azerbaijan MFA responds to Grigoryan: Armenia's interference in the internal affairs of Azerbaijan is unacceptable

15 February 2023 21:44 (UTC +04:00)

On February 14, 2023, the Secretary of the Security Council of Armenia, Armen Grigoryan, during an interview with the "Armenpress" news agency, said that the draft peace agreement with Azerbaijan included a provision on "creating an international mechanism to discuss the rights and security of Armenians living in Karabakh", said Aykhan Hajizadeh, the head of the press service department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan, while answering the question of the local media about the issue, APA reports.

The diplomat said that "Such manipulations of the Armenian side, which hinder the negotiation process on the peace agreement, demonstrate once again that Armenia is not interested in peace in the region.

In the process of negotiations on the peace agreement, Armenia's initiative to create an international mechanism for the rights and security of Armenian residents living in the Karabakh region of Azerbaijan and efforts to include a provision on this in the draft bilateral peace agreement between Azerbaijan and Armenia are completely groundless and such attempts will not have any results.

These efforts show that Armenia has not yet given up its territorial claims against Azerbaijan, contrary to the norms and principles of international law, as well as the Prague and Sochi agreements, where the countries mutually recognize each other's territorial integrity and sovereignty.

We would like to remind once again that Karabakh is an integral part of Azerbaijan, and the rights and security of the population of Armenian origin living in this region will be ensured in accordance with the Constitution of the Republic of Azerbaijan.

It is unacceptable for Armenia to interfere in the reintegration process of Armenian residents, which is an internal issue of Azerbaijan."