YEREVAN, APRIL 29, ARMENPRESS. Deputy Foreign Minister of Armenia Shavarsh Kocharyan has commented on the 25th anniversary of the military operations of Azerbaijan against the civilians of Nagorno Karabakh, called “Operation Ring”.

As “Armenpress” was informed from the press service of MFA Armenia, the comment reads as follows, “25 years ago, on April 30, the launch of another state terrorism by Azerbaijan against the Armenian people was heralded. This was the elimination of the Armenian population in northern Artsakh and deprivation of their motherland. This operation that has been approved by Azerbaijani authorities up till now has one legal assessment: crime against humanity.

The atrocities committed in the sidelines of “Operation Ring” carried out by Azerbaijani militia with the participation of the Soviet Army have deserved adequate assessment by the international community: international human rights organizations, legislative bodies of the USA and the RF, and by relevant resolutions of the EU. Anyway, Azerbaijan did not decline its policy of racism and Armenophobia, the latest demonstration of which is the April aggression of Azerbaijan against Nagorno Karabakh and the atrocities accompanying it.

Azerbaijan showed by its power politics adopted just from the beginning, military rhetoric and brutality typical for terrorist organizations why self-determined Nagorno Karabakh Republic can never be part of Azerbaijan”.



