Heads of a number of diplomatic missions accredited in Armenia were invited to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Armenia

13.07.2021

The heads of the relevant diplomatic missions were invited to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia with regard to the participation of the diplomatic representatives of some countries in the visit organized by the  Azerbaijani authorities to the occupied territories of Artsakh on July 9-10.

The ambassadors have been handed over note verbal addressed to the respective governments, wherein it was particularly stated that the Republic of Armenia considers utterly unacceptable the visit of diplomatic representatives accredited in Azerbaijan to the occupied territories of Artsakh, including Hadrut and a historical center of Artsakh - Shushi; regions which were ethnically cleansed and their population was a subject of war crimes and othe mass atrocities committed by Azerbaijani armed forces during the recent aggression against the people of Artsakh and to strengthen their own claims of having resolved the conflict by force.

During all the meetings, it has been underlined that the involvement of diplomatic representatives in such vsits contradicts the spirit of coorperation existing between the Republic of Armenia and those countries, as well as the position of the OSCE Minsk Group Co - Chairmanship. In this regard, Armenia strongly calls for refraining from any actions that may justify the use of force and thereby undermine regional peace and security.

The use of force and mass atrocities cannot settle the Nagorno - Karabakh conflict and the resolution of the conflict can be achived only through negotiations under the auspices of the only inernationally mandated format - the  OSCE Minsk Group Co - Chairmanship.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has bought the above - mentioned position to the attention of the capitals of the respective countries, which hold non - resident diplomatic missions to Armenia.