US Acting Assistant Secretary of State informed about Armenia’s deliberate escalation of situation in the region
Baku, August 10, AZERTAC
Azerbaijan’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Jeyhun Bayramov has held a telephone conversation with US Acting Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Yuri Kim.
During the telephone conversation, the sides discussed the bilateral cooperation agenda between Azerbaijan and the US, issues arising from the process of normalization of relations between Azerbaijan and Armenia as well as the situation in the region.
Minister Jeyhun Bayramov noted that Armenia deliberately escalates the situation in the region under various pretexts spreading such claims as "blockade" and "humanitarian crisis" in the region, which impedes the peace process. The FM also emphasized that Armenia’s continued claims against the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Azerbaijan, its refusal to completely withdraw the Armenian armed forces from the territories of Azerbaijan, its interference in the internal affairs of Azerbaijan are unacceptable.
FM Bayramov recalled that Armenia continues its provocations against the Lachin border checkpoint established by Azerbaijan on its sovereign territory, however, despite this, the Azerbaijani side creates conditions for the passage of Armenian residents in both directions.
The minister said that despite Azerbaijan’s proposal to utilize Aghdam-Khankendi road and other alternative routes for the transportation of goods, obstacles and prevention of transportation of goods by blocking the roads by Armenia once again prove that the allegations about the "blockade" and the "humanitarian situation" are political manipulation.
During the phone conversation, the sides also exchanged views on other issues of mutual interest.
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