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Armenian president encourages war crimes - Lebanese legal expert (Trend)
The statement of Armenian President Armen Sarkissian on the involvement of ethnic Armenians from other countries in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict is a war crime, Tareg Shandeb, a well-known Lebanese advocate, an expert on foreign policy and international law, a board member of the International Association of Human Rights Defenders told.
Shandeb said that these actions are also a crime against humanity since the mentioned Armenians are citizens of other countries.
He said, with his statement, Sarkissian admitted that Armenia grossly violates international law.
The expert noted that any attraction of Armenians from other countries is a violation of international law.
He stressed that the international community recognizes Nagorno Karabakh, like other Azerbaijani territories occupied by Armenia, as an integral part of Azerbaijan, which is waging a war exclusively on its territory.
According to the expert, Sarkissian's hostile statements against Azerbaijanis, who are the indigenous inhabitants of these territories, don’t differ in any way from the appeal of the former leader of Serbia Milosevic.
Shandeb also noted that the international community must urgently stop the sending of Armenians from different countries to the occupied territories of Azerbaijan. Those Armenians who are sent for military purposes in the territory of Azerbaijan will be regarded as terrorists.
"I declare once again that the officials of Armenia who are involved in crimes against the Azerbaijani people should be brought to an international court," he said. “Azerbaijan has every right to liberate its territories from occupation, which, in principle, coincides with the requirements of the OSCE Minsk Group.”
"The statement of Sarkissian should also be regarded as inciting interethnic hatred towards Azerbaijanis. Moreover, it contradicts UN Security Council resolutions,” concluded the expert.