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Azerbaijan has resolutely rejected claims by Armenia's UN Permanent Mission against the country on the ground that they are completely false and groundless, Azerbaijan's representative to the UN Yashar Aliyev said.
He made the remarks at a meeting of the UN Security Council in New York on December 21.
During the speech, Aliyev expressed deep regret over Armenia's misuse of the Security Council for a state campaign of manipulation, distortion, and falsification.
Aliyev once again pointed out that the Karabakh economic region, which is erroneously called 'Nagorno-Karabakh' by Armenia and some members of the council, is an internationally recognized sovereign region of Azerbaijan, which was occupied by Armenia for almost 30 years, as is reaffirmed in the Security Council's resolutions 822, 853, 874 and 884.
Talking about the current events around the Lachin road, Aliyev stressed that the road is completely located on the territory of Azerbaijan, in Lachin District.
“It was occupied by the Armenian armed forces in May 1992. The population of Lachin, which numbered more than 77,000 citizens [before the occupation], was forced to leave their native lands and homes, and the city and surrounding villages were looted and burned by the Armenian troops. Two years ago, after the 2020 second Karabakh war, in accordance with the sixth point of the trilateral statement, when the Lachin District was...
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