Baku resolutely rejects and condemns the statement of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia Ararat Mirzoyan to Azerbaijan at a ceremony dedicated to the accession of Armenia to the Roman Statute of the International Criminal Court on February 8. This was stated by the press service of the Azerbaijan Foreign Ministry.
“This statement once again demonstrates that Armenia’s accession to the Roman Statute is an attempt to use these institutions for its unreasonable claims, malicious actions, promotion of hatred, disinformation and incorrect interpretation of international law,” the Foreign Ministry said in a statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The department noted that the inability of the international community to prevent Armenia against Azerbaijan and put an end to the occupation of its territories for almost 30 years, to impede the commission of mass atrocities and crimes against humanity, as well as the continuation of the Armenia of statements and actions that incite the war, have spurred. a sense of impunity in this country.
The Foreign Ministry said that the continuing claims of Armenia to the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Azerbaijan, including inciting and promoting racial hatred in relation to Azerbaijanis, is a violation of the norms and principles of international law, and also contradict the obligations of Armenia in accordance with the Decree of the International Court of the UN dated December 7, 2021 in the case “Azerbaijan v. Armenia.”
“It is important that the international community reminds Armenia and insists on holding it liable for war crimes committed by it during aggression, tens of thousands of brutally killed civilians, large -scale ethnic cleaning and thousands of cities, villages and villages that she erased with The faces of the earth in order to fulfill their illegal territorial claims based on fabricated historical narratives and racist ideology, ”the statement emphasizes.
The Foreign Ministry also stated that the Azerbaijani side would continue to terminate impunity for serious violations of international law, the promotion of the rule of law, establish, strengthen and continue peace, security and stability in the region.