Armenia asked the International Court of Justice on Tuesday to reject Azerbaijan’s request for interim measures against Armenia calling Baku’s attempts to build a case against Armenia “unrealistic” and “insincere.”
After Armenia presented its case against Azerbaijan at the ICJ on Monday, it was Azerbaijan’s turn to present its case in front of the United Nations court.
Amid the weeks long blockade of Artsakh, Azerbaijan asked the ICJ to compel Armenia to stop mining in what it called “Azerbaijani territories” and accused Armenia of transporting mines to Karabakh through the Lachin Corridor, the only road connecting Artsakh to Armenia, which has been closed since December 12 because of protests staged by so-called Azerbaijani environmental activists.
In his statement to the ICJ, Azerbaijan’s representative Elnur Mammadov demanded urgent measures against Armenia, arguing that they have new evidence.
“Azerbaijan has new evidence that Armenia continues to mine Azerbaijani territories. In 2021, more than 2,700 Armenian-made mines were found in Azerbaijan. Most of the mines were found in civilian territories, he noted. Amid the blockade of the Lachin corridor, the only road connecting Nagorno-Karabakh to the outside world, Baku demanded that the UN International Court of Justice compel Armenia to stop mining Azerbaijani territories and using the Lachin road to transport mines to Karabakh,” Mammadov told the court.
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