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Armenia must withdraw its occupying troops from Azerbaijan’s Nagorno-Karabakh region and seven surrounding districts, Azerbaijani Ambassador to Indonesia Jalal Mirzayev said in an interview with the Indonesian TV 1 channel.
Giving detailed information about the processes that have been taking place since the beginning of the Armenia-Azerbaijan Nagorno-Karabakh, the ambassador recalled that Nagorno-Karabakh, which is an integral part of Azerbaijan, and 7 adjacent regions were occupied by the Armenian armed forces in the 90s of the last century. The occupation of Azerbaijani territories has been going on for 28 years due to Armenia’s refusal to implement UN Security Council resolutions No. 822, 853, 874 and 884.
Noting that the well-known UN Security Council resolutions demand an immediate and unconditional withdrawal of the Armenian armed forces from the occupied Azerbaijani territories, the ambassador recalled that more than a million Azerbaijanis were forcibly expelled from their native lands in the wake of the conflict. Mirzayev stressed that guided by these resolutions, numerous international organizations support Azerbaijan’s territorial integrity and sovereignty. He said that the Organization of Islamic Cooperation and the European Union recognize Azerbaijan's territorial integrity and sovereignty within the framework of norms and principles accepted at the international level in accordance with these resolutions, and favor an immediate and unconditional withdrawal of the Armenian armed forces from the occupied lands of Azerbaijan. He also noted that the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict can be resolved only within the framework of Azerbaijan's internationally recognized borders and territorial integrity.
In the interview, Ambassador Mirzayev provided detailed information about Armenia's gross violation of international humanitarian law, including the terms of the 1949 Geneva Convention, by firing artillery at Azerbaijani cities, targeting the civilian population, hospitals, schools, residences, and public facilities.