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Responding to statements made by the European Union’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Vice President of the European Commission Josep Borrell, Baku has accused Borrell of bias.
Regardless of international organizations’ assessments, the claim that Armenian people who migrated from the region to Armenia and other countries were forcibly deported is simply untrue, the Azeri Foreign Ministry claims. It is also a violation of the rights of hundreds of thousands of Azerbaijanis who have been driven from their homes as a result of Armenia’s ethnic cleansing and whose rights have not been protected.
They state that 15,000 of the Armenians who left this territory were personnel of the Armed Forces of Armenia. Armenia claims the number of Armenians who left the territory was 100,000, but Josep Borrell refers to 150,000.
At the same time, such false statements by Josep Borrell undermine the EU’s mediation efforts and EU Council President Charles Michel’s mission in this direction.
“We would also like to remind the EU Representative that the use of force by Armenia against Azerbaijan and our civilians was the reason for the lasting conflict in the region for 30 years. In accordance with the norms and principles of international law, Azerbaijan took legitimate measures and resolved the conflict by military-political means,” the Ministry said.
