We strongly reject the baseless and false claims made against Azerbaijan by Ararat Mirzoyan, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia, during his speech at the 42nd session of the UNESCO General Conference in Paris.
According to Azernews, the press secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Aykhan Hajizade, said this in his comment on the baseless opinions expressed by the Armenian FM.
"Armenia, which committed mass massacres and crimes against humanity during nearly 30 years of military aggression against our country, violated the fundamental rights of about one million Azerbaijanis, continues to hypocritically accuse Azerbaijan of "ethnic cleansing" of Armenians who voluntarily went to Armenia, and attempts to abuse various international platforms in this direction. It is obvious that such groundless claims of Armenia clearly contradict the reports and statements of the representatives of the UN specialized agencies who visited the region and are active in this country.
As for the claims that cultural and historical monuments are in danger in the Garabagh region of Azerbaijan, it is completely unreasonable for Armenia, which is known for deliberately destroying, misappropriating, changing, and illegally transporting our cultural heritage in the former occupied territories of our country and in Armenia, to accuse Azerbaijan of this issue.
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