“Accusing Azerbaijan of deportation and ethnic cleansing by the Armenian MFA is not only absurd, but also an attempt to cover up the systematic and consistent policy of ethnic cleansing committed by Armenians against Azerbaijanis in the territory of Armenia and Azerbaijan in the 20th century,” says the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan on Commentary of the Press Service Department of MFA, APA reports.
“The deportation and ethnic cleansing of nearly 1 million Azerbaijanis and the massacres committed by Armenia against Azerbaijanis since 1987, when the territorial claims against Azerbaijan arose again, are historical facts,” said Azerbaijani MFA.