The matter entitled 'Azerbaijan's next provocative and aggressive actions towards the sovereign territory of Armenia' was put on the agenda of the OSCE Permanent Council session at the initiative of the Permanent Mission of Armenia to the OSCE, Armenia's Foreign Ministry reports.
Ambassador Armen Papikyan, Permanent Representative of Armenia to the OSCE, stated in his address that early Thursday morning, the armed forces of Azerbaijan opened fire using mortars and artillery at the sovereign territory of Armenia, as a result of which the Armenian side suffered injuries.
He emphasized that the use of force by Azerbaijan is aimed at completely disrupting the efforts made by international partners to establish stability in the South Caucasus, and aims to nullify the results of the meeting held in Washington last week to normalize relations between Armenia and Azerbaijan. This illegal action is also a clear attempt to disrupt upcoming meetings in Brussels and Moscow.
Papikyan added that Azerbaijan aims to divert the attention of the international community from the continued Azerbaijani blockade of the Lachin corridor, the resulting humanitarian crisis, the illegal installation of an Azerbaijani checkpoint on this corridor, and the disruption of the Red Cross activities, which are aimed at carrying out the consistent implementation of the Azerbaijani policy of Armenian ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh and completely de-Armenianizing Nagorno-Karabakh.
In addition, Ambassador Papikyan stressed that Armenia will continue its efforts aimed at the stable settlement of the conflict, as well as the normalization of relations between Armenia and Azerbaijan, in order to establish peace and security in the South Caucasus.
