Azeri-Press news agency (APA)
Tuesday
MFA comments on anti-Azerbaijani article published in Russian state news agency
Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry spokesman Hikmat Hajiyev has commented on
Armenian author Gevorg Mirzayan's article published by Russia's state
news agency RIA Novosti. In regard to establishing relations with
neighboring states, Azerbaijan does not need any dubious and boolish
comment and analysis of any person, especially Gevorg Mirzoyan who is
of Armenian origin, Hajiyev told APA.
He noted that Azerbaijan enjoys mutual respect and cooperation with
all its neighbors except Armenia.
'I would like to remind Gevorg Mirzoyan, who prefers using terminology
in the spirit of 'cold war', that Azerbaijan, pursuing good-neighborly
policy, is the author of a successful model of regional cooperation,'
he said.
Hajiyev recalled that Armenia, which is the homeland of Mirzoyan,
occupied the territories of Azerbaijan and carried out ethnic
cleansing against Azerbaijanis.
He stressed that Armenia's destructive policy is a serious threat to
establishing peace and comprehensive cooperation in the South
Caucasus.
Hajiyev went on to say: 'As regards Turkey's stance on the
Armenia-Azerbaijan Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, I'd like to remind
Mirzoyan that Turkey's stance on the conflict is based on justice, the
norms and principles of international law, and the UN Security Council
resolutions. After such information surfaces in Russia's state news
agency, a serious question arises: Could it be a deliberate step?'
