Azerbaijan actively and consistently opposes the harmful practice of applying double standards and selective approaches to the resolution of interstate conflicts, President Ilham Aliyev said during his speech at the 7th Summit of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA), APA reports.
The head of state stated that Since restoring its independence 35 years ago, our country has continuously faced double standards. Approximately 20 percent of Azerbaijan’s internationally recognized territory was occupied by Armenia for 30 years. Armenia committed military aggression against Azerbaijan, forcing one million Azerbaijanis from their ancestral lands in Garabagh and East Zangezur, as well as in the territory of present-day Armenia, and carrying out ethnic cleansing.
In 1993, the UN Security Council adopted four resolutions demanding the immediate, full and unconditional withdrawal of Armenian forces from the occupied territories."
President Ilham Aliyev added that until mechanisms are developed to ensure the implementation of decisions and resolutions adopted by the UN Security Council and other international organizations, wars and conflicts will continue, and new ones will emerge: "Had sanctions been imposed on Armenia in a timely manner for its occupation, genocide and ethnic cleansing, Azerbaijan would not have been compelled to break the back of Armenian fascism on the battlefield. The aggressor’s impunity only further magnified the scale of its brazenness."
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