Baku, Azerbaijan, March 21. We will not
disregard Armenia’s actions in trying to protect the Minsk Group
and relevant OSCE structures, which are remnants of the past
conflict, Azerbaijani MFA said in a statement in response to
baseless claims made by Armenian FM Ararat Mirzoyan at a press
conference with Brazilian Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira, Trend reports.
”Even the Armenian Foreign Minister’s comments that Armenia by
agreeing to the most recent edition of the draft peace treaty,
paved the way for finalization of the draft text negotiations
demonstrates how this country has impeded the process by bringing
unacceptable propositions into the text for the last two and a half
years of negotiations. It was due to Azerbaijan’s diplomacy and
measures that enabled us to conclude the negotiations on the
text.
But this by no means should be understood that we are going to
disregard the continuing claims of Armenia against the territorial
integrity and sovereignty of Azerbaijan as enshrined it the
constitution of Armenia, as well as Armenia’s actions that try to
preserve the remnants of the conflict such as the Minsk Group and
related OSCE institutions,” the statement reads.
The statement added that Azerbaijan has never pursued an
occupation policy against Armenia and was not interested in
creating a situation that turned the region into a conflict
zone.