The Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry released a statement on March 31, falsely accusing what it described as “Armenian groups” of carrying out “genocide” against Azerbaijanis in 1918.
In an interview with Armenpress, Armenian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Ani Badalyan responded to the statement.
Armenpress: How would you comment on the March 31, 2026 statement released by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan?
Badalyan: During the decades-long conflict, a number of hostile and unfounded narratives had taken shape which, unfortunately, continue to be used in Azerbaijan, even at the state level.
We hope that the peace established between Armenia and Azerbaijan will not only contribute to stable, peaceful coexistence and the development of good-neighborly relations between the two states and societies, but will also put an end to fabricated claims and eliminate hate speech. We recall that the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan reached an agreement on this in Washington, where the declaration signed on August 8, 2025, clearly states in its fifth point the intention to close the chapter of hostility between the two peoples and to embark on building good-neighborly relations following a conflict that caused immense human suffering.
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