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The situation created in Artsakh as a result of the complete blockade of Artsakh by Azerbaijan and the mechanisms for overcoming it were discussed during the working consultations convened by President Samvel Shahverdyan.
Other urgent issues on the solution of food problems of the population, pricing of agricultural products, distribution of vital products and others were also on the discussion agenda.
President Shahramanyan noted that the Government should take operational measures to centralize the food resources in the Republic, to organize the process of providing vital products to the population through the coupon system. “We must immediately respond to the existing grievances among the population, use all necessary measures to prevent inflation of agricultural products, regulate prices and fairly distribute the available scarce resources,” emphasized the Head of the State.
During the consultation the President also touched upon the problems of transferring civilians from Artsakh to the Republic of Armenia accompanied by Russian peacekeepers and the International Committee of the Red Cross. Samvel Shahramanyan noted that this process should be carried out under strict control conditions, transparently and in accordance with existing regulations. In that context, the Head of the State emphasized the need to create working groups.
The President gave specific instructions to the heads of the authorized bodies regarding the issues on the agenda of the consultation.
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Azerbaijan Ministry of Foreign Affairs has firmly responded to
US Acting Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian
Affairs Yuri Kim, following her statements at the Senate,
Azernews reports.
“The fact that the initiator and organizer of these hearings are
Robert Menendez, a pro-Armenian Senator who is notable by a
traditional enmity towards our country is well-known. This person’s
engagement with anti-Azerbaijani activities is based on false
claims of radical representatives of the Armenian diaspora while
the aforementioned Senator is charged with corruption and the
investigation process is underway, once again proving that
political morals means nothing to him at all.
Coming to the allegations made by Yuri Kim, US Acting Assistant
Secretary of State for Europe and Eurasian Affairs not reflecting
the current situation and realities in the post-conflict situation
in the region are just disappointing.
These claims not only contradict the agreement on the
simultaneous use of the Aghdam-Khankendi and Lachin-Khankendi roads
agreed during the contacts between Ilham Aliyev, President of the
Republic of Azerbaijan, and Anthony Blinken, US Secretary of State
dated September 1, 2023, but also, unfortunately, contain elements
of Armenia’s worldwide smear campaign against Azerbaijan.
Non-observance of this agreement, which is also intended to be
implemented through the mediation of the US side, by Armenia and
the so-called regime created by it, and groundless claims on the
“blockade and humanitarian situation” are well-known to the US.
We would like to remind Ms. Kim, who claims that the war between
Armenia and Azerbaijan is not over, Azerbaijan has proposed peace
to Armenia based on the territorial integrity and sovereignty of
both states following the Trilateral Statement signed on November
10, 2020. Bilateral negotiations on a peace treaty initiated by
Azerbaijan and supported by international partners, including the
United States, is a fundamental process of the post-war and
post-conflict periods.
Although the war and conflict are over, unfortunately hindering
peace and stability in the region, the imitation of negotiations
and the continuous military-political provocations of Armenia, as
it was during the almost 30-year occupation, have not ceased. In
this regard, instead of denying the historical opportunity after 30
years of the conflict, we believe that ending provocations
committed by Armenia and, most importantly, demanding the immediate
withdrawal of Armenian armed forces, which have not yet left the
territories of Azerbaijan is critical and fair, and we call on the
US side to act based on this position.
Referring to the notion of rights and security of “the Armenian
people of Nagorno-Karabakh” while talking about the Armenian
residents living in the Garabagh region within the peace treaty,
containing the terminology purposefully used by Armenia to promote
separatism in our territories, is against our territorial integrity
and sovereignty. At the same time, this reference is disrespectful
to the rights of Azerbaijanis expelled from this region as a result
of Armenia’s policy and action of ethnic cleansing and genocide. We
would like to remind the US side that the Armenian residents
currently living in the Garabagh region do not represent all
segments of the population of this region.
In connection with the allegation of “military attack”, while
noting that, unlike Armenia, Azerbaijan has never used force
against the civilian population, on the contrary, we declared
measures to be taken to reintegrate Armenian residents into our
society at the national level, and despite the obstacles put by
Armenia and its puppet regime, we are determined in this direction.
The reintegration process is an internal affair of our country, and
interference in that regard is unacceptable.
We advise the international community, including the US side not
to be a part of such steps that contribute to instability in the
region, and not to follow baseless smear campaign of Armenia,” the
ministry said in a statement.
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16:16, 15 September 2023
YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 15, ARMENPRESS. On September 15, Minister of Defense of Armenia Suren Papikyan, together with United States Ambassador to Armenia Kristina Kvien, First Deputy Minister of Defense- Chief of the General Staff of the Armenian Armed Forces, Lieutenant General Edward Asryan, the Deputy Chief of Staff for the U.S. Army in Europe and Africa Command, Brigadier General Patrick Ellis, the Commander of the 10th Mountain Division, Major General Gregory Anderson, and the foreign Defense Attachés and representatives accredited to the Republic of Armenia, observed the process of the Armenia-U.S. joint exercise Eagle Partner 2023 being held within the framework of preparation for participation in international peacekeeping missions in Zar Training Center of the Peacekeeping Brigade of the Ministry of Defense.
The officials observed the active phase of the practical training, the defense ministry said in a press release. Afterwards the officials were introduced to the control center of the military training, the re-equipped classrooms where plans are developed and decisions are made.
At the end of the visit, the Commander of the Peacekeeping brigade provided information on the involvement of the peacekeeping contingent of the Armenian Armed Forces in conducting peacekeeping missions in a number of countries, emphasizing that the cooperation with the peacekeepers of the U.S. army in those territories is on a high level.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of Azerbaijan has accused Yuri Kim, the Acting US Assistant Secretary of State for Europe and Eurasian Affairs, of smear campaign.
The statements made by Kim do not reflect “the current situation and realities in the post-conflict situation in the region” and “contain elements of Armenia’s worldwide smear campaign against Azerbaijan,” said Aykhan Hajizada, spokesperson of the Azerbaijan MFA, in a statement.
According to him, these views contradict the agreement on the simultaneous use of the Akna (Aghdam)-Stepanakert and Lachin-Stepanakert roads, which was allegedly reached between President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on September 1.
The Azerbaijani official added that “Non-observance of this agreement, which is also intended to be implemented through the mediation of the US side, by Armenia and the so-called regime created by it, and groundless claims on the ‘blockade and humanitarian situation’ are well-known to the US.”
BAKU, Azerbaijan, September 15. Prosecutors of
the CIS member states are facing new and complex tasks, President
of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev said in his letter
addressed to the participants of the 33rd meeting of the
Coordination Council of Prosecutors General of the Commonwealth of
Independent States (CIS) in Baku, Trend reports.
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The US has failed to address the dire humanitarian situation in contested Nagorno-Karabakh, Senate Foreign Relations Committee chairman Bob Menendez said on Tuesday as he called for sanctions on Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev.
Mr Menendez also called for an immediate halt to US aid to Baku in a powerful 15-minute speech on the Senate floor.
“I don’t know how the United States can justify spending any kind of support, security or otherwise to the regime in Baku … to send them assistance makes a mockery of [US aid],” he said.
Also known as Artsakh, Nagorno-Karabakh is an internationally recognised part of Azerbaijan, despite having a majority ethnic Armenian population.
Azerbaijan has blockaded the region since December and installed a military checkpoint at the critical Lachin Corridor.
The UN Security Council discussed the blockade in August, after a former International Criminal Court prosecutor said the blockade may amount to a “genocide” against Armenians. Lawyers representing Azerbaijan called the claims unsubstantiated and inaccurate.
The International Association of Genocide Scholars also recently warned of the risk of genocide against the Armenian population in the region.
Mr Menendez called on the US ambassador to the UN to introduce a Security Council resolution that would force an end to the blockade.
The powerful committee chairman held up a photo that allegedly showed the body of an emaciated Armenian in the disputed territory, demonstrating the blockade’s impact on civilian health.
He cited videos “of Azerbaijani forces killing unarmed Armenian soldiers in cold blood, reports of Azerbaijani soldiers sexually assaulting and mutilating and Armenian female soldiers,” which he claimed “bears the hallmarks of genocide.”
“We have seen and heard this kind of propaganda throughout history. It is the work of a regime intent on destroying and erasing this ancient Armenian community’s history in Nagorno-Karabakh,” Mr Menendez said.
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“Without immediate action this group of Armenians will be destroyed within a few weeks.”
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken recently spoke to Mr Aliyev by phone, where he “reiterated our call to reopen the Lachin Corridor to humanitarian, commercial and passenger traffic, while recognising the importance of additional routes from Azerbaijan”, the State Department said.
Reuters reported that a Russian lorry carrying food aid for Armenians in the Karabakh city of Khankendi set off via the Aghdam road on Tuesday, amid uncertainty over the sustainability of a potential deal on aid deliveries.