\u2018Fundamentally wrong\u2019
\n ISLAMABAD
\nAzerbaijan has said that a recent statement by the EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell on the current situation in the Karabakh region is \u201cregrettable.\u201d
\n\u201cThe presented approach towards the situation in the region by…. Borrell in his July 26 statement, based on the propaganda and political manipulations spread by Armenia, is regrettable,\u201d Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry spokesman Aykhan Hajizada said in a statement on Thursday.
\nHajizada said that Baku appreciates the EU\u2019s support \u201cto establish peace and stability in the region, as well as to the peace negotiations with Armenia\u201d.
\nHowever, \u201cignoring\u201d the grievances of Azerbaijan regarding the incomplete withdrawal of the Armenian forces from the region and presenting Azerbaijan\u2019s establishment of a border checkpoint on the Lachin road as its closure is \u201cfundamentally wrong\u201d, he said.
\n\u201cSimilarly, it must be made clear that the blatant misinterpretation of the relevant decisions of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) will not yield results,\u201d Hajizada said, indicating that an ICJ decision earlier this month \u201conce more demonstrated that the protection of its own security by Azerbaijan is legitimate.\u201d
\nOn July 6, the ICJ unanimously rejected Yerevan\u2019s request to modify the court\u2019s February 2022 decision on the \u201cArmenia v. Azerbaijan\u201d case, in which one of its demands was to remove the border checkpoint established by Baku at the entrance of the Lachin road.
\nOn Wednesday, Borrell said that the EU is \u201cdeeply concerned about the serious humanitarian situation\u201d in the region while also claiming that movement through the Lachin road \u201cremains obstructed for more than seven months.\u201d
\nResponding to the claim, Hajizada said that vehicles belonging to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) pass through the road on a daily basis and that Azerbaijan continues to cooperate with the ICRC and facilitate the passage of medical supplies.
\nHe further said that Azerbaijan proposed to use the Aghdam-Khankendi road and other alternative routes into the region for the transport of large amounts of cargo while \u201ctaking into account threats originating from Armenia.\u201d
\nRelations between the two former Soviet republics have been tense since 1991 when the Armenian military occupied Karabakh, a territory internationally recognised as part of Azerbaijan, and seven adjacent regions. In the fall of 2020, Azerbaijan liberated several cities, villages and settlements from Armenian occupation during 44 days of fighting. The war ended with a Russia-brokered peace agreement.
\nDespite ongoing talks on a peace agreement, tensions between the neighbouring countries increased in recent months concerning the Lachin road, the only land route giving Armenia access to Karabakh.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\u2018Fundamentally wrong\u2019 ISLAMABAD Azerbaijan has said that a recent statement by the EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell on the current situation in the Karabakh region is \u201cregrettable.\u201d \u201cThe presented approach towards the situation in the region by…. Borrell in his July 26 statement, based on the propaganda and political manipulations spread by Armenia, is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":345988,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-345975","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world"},"yoast_head":"\n