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Bayramov

lines on the record: 27
first: 2023-09-21
most recent: 2023-09-21
sittings or episodes: 1
sources: un-security-council

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“Azerbaijan remains open to constructive engagement with all international partners with a genuine interest in peace, stability and well-being in our region.”
2023-09-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9422 (2023) · source
“On a different track, the Republic of Azerbaijan reaffirms its determination to guarantee to the ethnic Armenian residents of the Karabakh region of Azerbaijan all rights and freedoms, in line with its Constitution and relevant international human rights mechanisms, including those safeguarding the rights of persons belonging to national minorities. Azerbaijan has a proud history of uniting different ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities within one nation. Ethnic Armenian residents are welcome to be part of our model of peaceful coexistence. At the same time, Azerbaijan recalls the obligation of all States under international law to refrain from interfering in the internal affairs of other States, undermining the integration of persons belonging to national minorities or fuelling separatism in the territory of neighbouring States.”
2023-09-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9422 (2023) · source
“Despite all the serious challenges stemming from Armenia’s destructive position, Azerbaijan once again reaffirms its readiness to engage in a genuine dialogue and negotiations on the basis of equal and reciprocal respect for each other’s legitimate interests. We once again extend our offer of a just, fair and lasting peace to Armenia, notwithstanding the unhealed wounds of its armed aggression against my country, the massive devastation of our cities and villages and the deliberate desecration of our holy places. We hope this offer by Azerbaijan will finally be reciprocated by that country.”
2023-09-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9422 (2023) · source
“It can only lead to diverting the focus from a genuine normalization process, which is not in the interest of either of Azerbaijan or Armenia, but which caters to the whims of certain outside forces that continue to manipulate existing differences for their own political purposes. Therefore, at this critical time, when there is a historic opportunity to eventually establish good-neighbourly relations between Armenia and Azerbaijan after a bloody conflict that lasted 30 years, it is more important than ever for the entire international community, including the Security Council, to adequately comprehend the risks and threats associated with Armenia’s destructive actions and to resolutely resist Armenia’s brazen attempts to exploit the Security Council to whitewash its internationally wrongful acts.”
2023-09-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9422 (2023) · source
“At a time when the practical implementation of disarmament and demilitarization on the ground has begun, accompanied by direct dialogue between Armenian residents and central Azerbaijani officials, the international community’s consideration of the situation should correspond to existing realities in order to remain relevant and helpful. Conversely, a one-sided and biased approach driven by short-sighted political considerations or lobby connections — largely, that which is at the core of the convening of this debate in the Security Council — is utterly counter-productive and unhelpful. Reliance on such a course of action has failed on several previous occasions.”
2023-09-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9422 (2023) · source
“We have consistently and extensively drawn the attention of all involved international actors to the danger of such an illegal military presence. Unfortunately, acknowledgment of our legitimate concerns behind closed doors was not reflected in practical steps or in the public messages of our interlocutors. The lack of an adequate and targeted reaction by the international community to Armenia’s irresponsible warmongering statements and aggressive actions only contributed to that country’s sense of impunity and to the permissiveness that led to more military and political provocations. However, that was a grave miscalculation.”
2023-09-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9422 (2023) · source
“Armenia’s failure to fulfil its obligations regarding the full, immediate and unconditional withdrawal of its forces from the territory of Azerbaijan had been the reason for the failure of all international efforts to settle the armed conflict unleashed by Armenia against Azerbaijan more than 30 years ago. The continued illegal military presence of Armenia in the sovereign territory of Azerbaijan remained the most serious obstacle to a post-conflict normalization process between Armenia and Azerbaijan, and to efforts to reintegrate the ethnic Armenian residents of the Karabakh region of Azerbaijan after the signing of the trilateral statement on 10 November 2020, under which the conflict was ended and completely new realities emerged in the region.”
2023-09-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9422 (2023) · source
“It was also agreed that the issues pertinent to the reintegration of ethnic Armenian residents into Azerbaijan, including their rights and security in the framework of the Constitution of the Republic of Azerbaijan, would be discussed directly between their representatives and the central Azerbaijani authorities. As I have already mentioned, the first such meeting took place earlier today and yielded positive initial results. The meetings in that format will continue. Therefore, the counter-terrorism measures taken by Azerbaijan achieved the established objectives. That could have been done peacefully long ago had Armenia honoured its commitments under the trilateral statement. It is Armenia and only Armenia that is to be blamed for the fact that it did not happen.”
2023-09-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9422 (2023) · source
“That agreement was reached through the Russian peacekeeping contingent that is present on the ground and confirmed and publicly declared by the puppet structure subordinated to Armenia. That is in addition to the fact, previously documented on numerous occasions, that the Republic of Armenia was indeed militarily present on the sovereign soil of Azerbaijan and was in breach of its commitment under the trilateral statement to withdraw from Azerbaijan. Its attempts to deny such a presence were nothing but shameful deception of the international community.”
2023-09-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9422 (2023) · source
“From the very beginning, it has been consistently communicated by Azerbaijan, including in contacts with international interlocutors, that as soon as Armenia and its subordinate puppet regime in the territory of Azerbaijan agree to lay down arms and disband their illegal structures, the counter-terror measures will stop immediately. That happened on 20 September 2023, when acceptance of those conditions was confirmed through the command of the peacekeeping contingent of the Russian Federation. Consequently, the local counter-terror measures were halted, effective 1 p.m. Baku time. It was specifically agreed that the armed forces of the Republic of Armenia must be fully withdrawn from the territory of Azerbaijan and that the illegal armed formations that Armenia had formed with local Armenian residents and trained and supplied must disarm.”
2023-09-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9422 (2023) · source
“As can be seen from these photographs, the Azerbaijani armed forces would have acted differently if the intention were to target civilians or conduct so- called ethnic cleansing. In the context of certain interventions delivered before mine — including the one delivered by the Armenian delegation, which replicated groundless accusations against Azerbaijan — I can only draw the Council’s attention to the fact that, just a few hours ago, the Prime Minister of Armenia dismissed all those accusations in a statement in which he publicly acknowledged that there was no direct threat to civilians in Karabakh and that allegations of mass atrocities against them are untrue. I wish to underscore that that was a statement made by the Armenia Prime Minister a couple of hours ago.”
2023-09-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9422 (2023) · source
“Azerbaijan’s Ministry of Defence announced that the protection and security of administrative, social, educational, medical, religious and other facilities would be ensured in line with Azerbaijani law and the norms of international humanitarian law, while women, children, elderly people, people with disabilities and the sick would be provided with the necessary medical aid, supplies and other assistance. The armed forces of Azerbaijan behaved in an exemplary professional manner by using high-precision ammunition to neutralize illegal military installations only. As several pieces of video footage clearly demonstrate, the armed forces of Azerbaijan deliberately refrained from striking legitimate military targets in order to avoid collateral damage.”
2023-09-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9422 (2023) · source
“Azerbaijan acted in full compliance with the norms of humanitarian law. All measures were taken to avoid collateral damage to civilians and civilian infrastructure. Accusations of the intentional and deliberate targeting of civilians by the armed forces of Azerbaijan are baseless and false, in view of the photographic and videographic evidence. From the very first minutes, Azerbaijan’s Ministry of Defence made several public statements calling on civilians to stay away from military installations. Similar notifications were sent to the Armenian residents of the Karabakh region of Azerbaijan via mobile short messaging service. That was done in view of the reckless attempt by Armenia- subordinated armed formations to deploy military equipment and installations within residential areas.”
2023-09-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9422 (2023) · source
“In response to the subversive acts of Armenian armed formations that inflicted civilian and military casualties, the armed forces of Azerbaijan launched local counter-terror measures to disarm those illegal armed formations and neutralize the imminent threat posed to the safety and security of Azerbaijani civilian and military personnel. The counter-terror measures were limited and proportionate to the threat posed to Azerbaijan’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, as well as the safety and well-being of our citizens. The counter-terror measures were aimed exclusively at neutralizing legitimate military targets in the sovereign territory of Azerbaijan. As such, they were fully aligned with the sovereign right of Azerbaijan to self-defence enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations.”
2023-09-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9422 (2023) · source
“The area where the mine explosions took place had previously been under regular use by Azerbaijan, leaving no room for doubt that the mines had been recently planted by an Armenian sabotage group that infiltrated the area. It should be noted that, since August 2022, a total of 2,728 landmines manufactured in Armenia in 2021 — that is, after the 2020 trilateral statement — have been detected and neutralized in Azerbaijan. That includes 1,119 landmines neutralized in the Kalbajar and Lachin districts, along the Azerbaijan-Armenia border area, and 1,609 landmines detected in the Karabakh Economic Region. Since the signing of the trilateral statement in November 2020, 314 individuals have fallen victim to landmines.”
2023-09-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9422 (2023) · source
“Having failed to impose its fake narrative on the international community through a so-called humanitarian agenda, Armenia resorted to military provocation the next day, 19 September 2023, hoping that renewed tensions would help its blame game against Azerbaijan. As a result of the explosion of mines planted by an Armenian sabotage group on the Ahmadbayli- Fuzuli-Shusha highway, two civilian road constructors tragically lost their lives. Four police officers fell victim to another mine explosion in the same vicinity while attempting to inspect the mine incident site. Those explosions led to the serious wounding of six more Azerbaijani police officers. Here we can see the horrible consequences of that reckless sabotage act against Azerbaijan within its own territories. Six persons with real names and surnames perished.”
2023-09-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9422 (2023) · source
“Armenia’s deliberate attempts to undermine peace efforts are not isolated from its worldwide smear campaign against Azerbaijan, which is based on fabricated accusations of a so-called blockade and humanitarian crisis. That campaign essentially collapsed on 18 September 2023 in view of the eventual implementation of Azerbaijan’s offer to use multiple routes for the delivery of goods to meet the needs of ethnic Armenian residents in the Karabakh region of Azerbaijan. Therefore, following active diplomatic efforts by several international actors, including Security Council members, a simultaneous delivery of humanitarian goods through Aghdam and Lachin was finally conducted by the International Committee of the Red Cross after weeks of artificial delays caused by illegitimate obstructions by Armenia and its subordinate puppet regime.”
2023-09-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9422 (2023) · source
“That is further evidence that Armenia has not abandoned its territorial claims against Azerbaijan and that it has no intention of stopping its fuelling of separatism in our territory by all available means, including through political, military and financial support. The illegal activity conducted under the false pretext of holding so-called presidential elections by the puppet regime that was created as a result of Armenia’s occupation of the territories of Azerbaijan was another extremely provocative step. It made it crystal clear that, through those actions, Armenia aimed to nullify its previous statements recognizing the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Azerbaijan. It demonstrates that Armenia is not engaging in good faith in the negotiations on a peace treaty.”
2023-09-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9422 (2023) · source
“The systematic shelling of positions of the Azerbaijani armed forces by the armed formations of Armenia using weapons of various calibres, the continued mining of our territories, the fortification of battle positions and the increased number of trenches and military shelters in the Karabakh region of Azerbaijan over the past few months further escalated tensions. Despite Armenia’s earlier statement on its recognition of the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan, which includes the Karabakh region, the Prime Minister of Armenia took yet another extremely provocative step by issuing a congratulatory message on the occasion of the so-called anniversary of the establishment of an illegal puppet structure in the territory of Azerbaijan.”
2023-09-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9422 (2023) · source
“We registered and brought to the attention of the international community the intensive reinforcement of battle positions with military personnel, armoured vehicles, artillery pieces and other firepower; the raising of the combat-readiness level of forward units; the creation of additional mobilization units; the expansion of intelligence activities against Azerbaijan’s armed forces; and the incursions into the positions of our armed forces to carry out sabotage by planting new landmines in already demined areas and roads used by civilians.”
2023-09-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9422 (2023) · source
“It is absolutely clear that such offensive equipment was not present on Azerbaijan’s territory for peaceful purposes. No sovereign State would tolerate such a heavy illegal military presence on its soil, including Azerbaijan. Azerbaijan acted fully within the rights safeguarded by international law and its Constitution to protect the safety and security of all of its residents. Therefore, the systematic attempts by Armenia to create a new status quo with the illegal use of force and to sustain a grey zone based on a line-of- contact logic on Azerbaijan’s sovereign territory were defeated. Azerbaijan has been warning about Armenia’s looming military adventure for several weeks in the light of its intensified military engineering works and forces build-up.”
2023-09-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9422 (2023) · source
“Those illegal armed forces were sustained through direct military technical, logistical and financial support by Armenia, including by abusing the Lachin road, in an attempt to fuel separatism in the sovereign territory of Azerbaijan for the purposes of its revanchist policy. The counter-terrorism measures demonstrated the scale of illegal militarization by Armenia, despite the commitment it undertook under the trilateral statement to cease all military activities against Azerbaijan and withdraw its forces from Azerbaijan’s internationally recognized territory. In just 24 hours, more than 90 outposts of the illegal formations were taken, and 20 combat vehicles, 40 artillery pieces, 30 mortars, six electromagnetic warfare systems and two anti-aircraft missile systems were neutralized. These are photos of heavy Armenian military equipment.”
2023-09-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9422 (2023) · source
“Armenia’s attempt to accuse Azerbaijan of violating the trilateral statement of 10 November 2020 agreed by the leaders of Azerbaijan, the Russian Federation and Armenia is equally baseless. On the contrary, it is Armenia that blatantly disregarded its commitment, under the document mentioned, with respect to the withdrawal of its forces from the territory of Azerbaijan. Throughout the past three years, since the signing of that statement, Armenia kept more than 10,000-strong armed formations, equipped with heavy weaponry, such as tanks and other armoured vehicles, artillery pieces, multiple rocket launchers, mortars, electromagnetic warfare equipment and other types of offensive arms in the territory of Azerbaijan.”
2023-09-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9422 (2023) · source
“Such a dialogue was not possible before owing to obstruction by the Armenian side, relying on heavy illegal military presence in the sovereign soil of Azerbaijan. What Armenia tries to present to the international community as an attack on “peaceful” residents of the Karabakh region of Azerbaijan is, in fact, local counter- terrorism measures by Azerbaijan, fully in line with its rights under the United Nations Charter, to disarm the Armenian armed formations illegally stationed on the sovereign territory of Azerbaijan. Armenia itself, with its brazen and uncorrected disregard to its international obligations made those measures by Azerbaijan unavoidable.”
2023-09-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9422 (2023) · source
“The long-overdue meeting of a special representative of the Government of Azerbaijan with representatives of Armenian residents took place today in the city of Yevlakh, Azerbaijan. At the meeting, the special representative assigned by the Government of Azerbaijan for the dialogue with Armenian residents outlined the Government’s plans for reintegration, and issues related to the restoration and operation of infrastructure were discussed. In the context of discussions of social and humanitarian matters and upon the request of the Armenian residents, the delivery of fuel for use by social facilities, such as kindergartens and schools, hospitals and other emergency services, as well as other humanitarian support measures, are expected to be implemented soon by the relevant central government institutions.”
2023-09-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9422 (2023) · source
“Therefore, Armenia’s further appeal to the Security Council is a violation of the Charter of the United Nations, which demands respect for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of States and non-interference in their internal affairs. Such reckless abuse of the Council yet again is utterly inadmissible, a serious blow to the authority and reputation of this body and must be resolutely rejected. It is also counter-productive and irrelevant. Indeed, when the Council was called to a debate today allegedly owing to concerns regarding the rights and security of ethnic Armenian residents of the Karabakh region of Azerbaijan, the counter-terrorism measures had already been ceased, and dialogue on the reintegration of ethnic Armenian residents of the Karabakh region of Azerbaijan had started in practical terms on the ground.”
2023-09-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9422 (2023) · source
“I thank the Albanian presidency of the Security Council for an opportunity to attend this meeting of the Council. Although Armenia’s attempt to exploit the Security Council in its campaign to mislead the international community is deplorable, we take this opportunity once again to inform the Council and the wider international community about the challenges Armenia poses to regional peace and security. As a matter of fact — and this needs to be underlined at the very beginning — Armenia’s request to the Council is related to the local counter-terrorism measures taken by Azerbaijan within its sovereign territory, in full compliance with international law, including international humanitarian law.”
2023-09-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9422 (2023) · source