The false and slanderous statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Armenia against Azerbaijan on March 8 aims to cover up the occupation policy carried out by Armenia for nearly 30 years, as well as the provocations it has committed against Azerbaijan and Azerbaijanis in the current post-conflict period.

APA was informed about this by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

It was noted that in the video recorded by the surveillance cameras of the units of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Azerbaijan and shown by the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Azerbaijan, the fact that the vehicles of the Armenian armed forces are clearly using the Khankendi-Khalfali-Turssu dirt road for military purposes was denied by Armenia. is hypocritical.

Accusing Azerbaijan, whose territory it occupied, of Armenia, which grossly violated the norms and principles of international law in the last 30 years and most of the obligations it undertook within the framework of the Tripartite Declaration of November 10, 2020 after the 2020 war, is completely groundless.

Similarly, it is unacceptable that Armenia, which tries to distort the last decision of the International Court of Justice and present its dreams as reality, claims that Azerbaijan is refusing to fulfill the decision.

In general, from the period of gaining independence, who committed military aggression and mass massacres against the internationally recognized territories of Azerbaijan, destroyed the occupied cities and hundreds of villages, carried out ethnic cleansing against Azerbaijanis, expelled hundreds of thousands of people from their native land, and It is absurd that Armenia, which obstructs the missions of organizations in the region, refers to international law after the liberation of our territories from occupation in 2020, turns to international organizations, as well as the claim that Azerbaijan is allegedly preparing to carry out "ethnic cleansing" and "genocide" against the Armenian residents of the region.

Regarding the claim of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Armenia that the Armenian Armed Forces are not present in the territories of Azerbaijan, we remind you once again that Armenia was trying to prove that they did not occupy the territories of Azerbaijan not only now, during the almost 30 years of occupation.

However, it is clear that the territory of Azerbaijan was occupied by Armenia, that it deployed all its forces in the occupied territories of Azerbaijan, transferred the main military equipment it imported to the territory of Azerbaijan, that all forces were under the authority of the Minister of Defense of Armenia, and that criminal cases were opened and arrested against many soldiers in the territory of Armenia.

At the same time, it is known that the political leadership of Armenia has admitted that the Armenian forces have not been withdrawn from the territory of Azerbaijan.

Although it was announced that the forces will be withdrawn in September 2022, it is clear that this has not yet happened.

As for the obligation to withdraw which forces from the territory of Azerbaijan, we remind you once again that according to paragraph 4 of the statement of November 10, 2020, it is intended to withdraw all Armenian armed forces from the territory of Azerbaijan, and manipulations in this matter are inadmissible.

In order to prevent the policy of aggression and illegal actions of the Armenian side against Azerbaijan, it is necessary to establish a border control checkpoint at the beginning of the Lachin road.

Azerbaijan will continue to take all necessary measures to protect its national interests and security.