Azerbaijan: Armenia is not fulfilling its obligations by using various excuses

“Despite more than a year has passed, Armenia is not fulfilling its obligations by using various excuses, hindering the maintenance of peace and security in the region,” the statement said, adding: “Armenia, which has not yet given up its unfounded claims to the Karabakh region, is showing revanchism, which does not contribute to Azerbaijan's steps to normalize the relations between the two countries.”

“We recommend the Armenia, which has illegally occupied the Azerbaijani territories for nearly 30 years and ignoring the calls of the international community, to carefully read the statements signed by the leaders of three countries and fulfill its obligations upon these documents," the statement added.

The clashes between Azerbaijan and Armenia began on the morning of 27 September 2020 along the Nagorno-Karabakh Line of Contact, which had been established in the aftermath of the First Nagorno-Karabakh War.

After 40-day fierce clashes between Armenian and Azerbaijani forces, a ceasefire agreement was signed on 9 November by the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, the Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan, and the President of Russia Vladimir Putin.

The agreement ended all hostilities in the Nagorno-Karabakh region from 00:00, 10 November 2020 Moscow time.

According to the agreement both parties will exchange prisoners of war and the dead.

Furthermore, the Armenian forces will withdraw from Armenian-controlled territories surrounding Nagorno-Karabakh by 1 December.

A 2,000-strong Russian peacekeeping force from the Russian Ground Forces will be deployed to the region for a minimum of five years to protect the Lachin corridor, which is situated between Armenia and the Nagorno-Karabakh region.

Additionally, Azerbaijan will gain passage to its Nakhchivan exclave, which is detached from Azerbaijan, through a strip of land in Armenia's Syunik Province close to the border with Iran.

Russian forces will oversee security for the roads connecting Azerbaijan to Nakhchivan. (ILKHA)