"The use of force by Azerbaijan is a gross violation of the OSCE commitments, including the Helsinki Final Act," Armenian Foreign Minister Ara Aivazian stated on Tuesday at a press conference with OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Sweden’s Minister for Foreign Affairs Ann Linde.
"During the course of the war, the Azerbaijani forces with active support from Turkey carried out mass crimes, including ethnic cleanings and war crimes against the Artsakh Armenians in explicit violation of international humanitarian law," the minister said, adding four months after the end of military actions Azerbaijan continues violating the international humanitarian law, keeping war prisoners and civilians in captivity. Aivazian reminded of Turkey's direct involvement in transferring thousands of mercenaries and militants to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone which was not only a violation of international law but also the OSCE commitments.
"This established two dangerous precedents - an attempt to solve a conflict through mass crimes and use of force and mass transfer of armed mercenaries and terrorists to OSCE region." Minister Aivazian said, noting with the trilateral statement signed on November 9 to end the...
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