Mexican radio talks about steps taken by Azerbaijan to achieve peace in region

ADR Network and Radio 620 AM of the Rasa information network, which has a broad audience in Mexico, aired the interviews by the ambassador of Azerbaijan to this country, Mammad Talibov, about the steps taken by Azerbaijan to achieve peace in the region, the embassy told Report.

The interviews gave information about the history of the past conflict, the occupation of nearly 20% of Azerbaijani territories by Armenia, the ethnic cleansing of nearly 1 million Azerbaijanis, the results of the 44-day Patriotic War in 2020 when Azerbaijan liberated its territories from 30-year Armenian occupation following the resolutions of the UN Security Council, the crimes committed by Armenia in the occupied territories - the purposeful destruction of civil infrastructure on a massive scale, looting, destruction, falsification, illegal transportation of cultural heritage, damage to the environment and biodiversity, and mass mining of the territories.

The ambassador also said that Armenia did not withdraw its armed forces from the territory of Azerbaijan and continued to mine those territories, violating the provisions of the tripartite declaration signed between Azerbaijan, Russia, and Armenia in November 2020.

The interviews noted that Azerbaijan presented a document containing five main principles for establishing peace in the region and normalizing relations with Armenia but Armenia still delays this process with various excuses.

Ambassador Talibov expressed his gratitude for the fair position shown by Mexico both during the past conflict and after the Patriotic War. He stressed his belief that as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council, Mexico will support the process of signing a peace treaty between Armenia and Azerbaijan and that the international community, including Mexico, will call on Armenia to sign a peace treaty with Azerbaijan.

In the end, speaking about the relations between Mexico and Azerbaijan, the diplomat said this year marks the 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries, during which the cooperation between the countries has been effectively continued both at the bilateral level and within the framework of international organizations, as well as the commercial cooperation between the two countries. He noted that there are great potential and opportunities for the development of relations in the fields of economy, tourism, and culture.