“April events have shown that current status quo formed on the occupation of Azerbaijani lands, accompanied by strict ethnic cleansing has a great risk, and can lead lead to armed escalation of the conflict at any time”- said Elmar Mammadyarov, Minister of Foreign Affairs in the interview to newspaper “Kommersant” newspaper, Ona reports.
“The reason of all the problems, also a violation of the ceasefire, which has the risk of rebuilding war is related to continuing existence of the Armenians in the lands occupied by the aggressive forces of Armenia, and the inability of hundreds of thousands of Azerbaijanis to return to these lands”- the minister added.