Azerbaijan's MFA: Armenia should take practical steps towards opening communications

If the Armenian side is genuinely interested in the opening of communications in the region, it should not evade its obligations and must take practical steps in line with the new regional realities to facilitate the opening of communications, stated Aykhan Hajizada, Spokesperson of Azerbaijan’s Foreign Ministry, Report informs, citing the ministry.

Hajizada made this statement in response to the local media inquiry regarding the article by the Prime Minister of Armenia on communications published in Armenpress news agency.

“It is well known that Armenia, having occupied Azerbaijan’s internationally recognized sovereign territories for nearly 30 years, and causing the blockade of Azerbaijan’s Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic, has not made a positive contribution to the real negotiation process for the opening of communications in the four years following the 44-day Patriotic War.

Although Armenia is aware of its written and signed obligations regarding the opening of communications connecting Azerbaijan’s western regions with the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic, it has yet to fulfill them.

Overall, Armenia putting forward proposals for essentially unnecessary, complex to execute, and practically lengthy routes serves to divert attention away from the process and obligations,” Hajizada stated.