The purpose of our meeting is to present to you the details of the provocative and aggressive actions of Azerbaijan on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border yesterday. Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan stated this Wednesday at the beginning of an urgent meeting with the heads of diplomatic missions accredited in Armenia.
Subsequently, Mirzoyan presented the aforesaid details, and added as follows, in particular: "We can not call this anything other than aggression against the Republic of Armenia. (…). I would also like to inform [you] that in our deep conviction, this behavior of Azerbaijan is a consequence of the fact that our international partners and the international community in general did not respond properly and in a targeted manner to the use of force by Azerbaijan during the [military] aggression against Nagorno-Karabakh [(Artsakh)] that started back on September 27 last year, and then during these months, too.
In our conviction, the response of the international community to all the provocative, aggressive statements and actions I have mentioned has not been targeted and proper. The continuing statements equating the parties were directly perceived by Azerbaijan as an incentive to continue this behavior.
We expect that our partner and friendly countries will respond promptly and in a targeted manner to these actions, and will use their direct influence on the Republic of Azerbaijan to urge [it] to end the provocative actions and encroachments on the Republic of Armenia.
(…). And from this moment on, the entire accountability for the further escalation of the situation falls directly on the Republic of Azerbaijan.
I want to talk about another political nuance, too. In our conviction, by shifting the tension on the Armenia-Azerbaijan border, the territory of the Republic of Armenia, Azerbaijan is attempting to divert the attention of the international community from the Nagorno-Karabakh issue. I would like to emphasize once again that the Republic of Armenia will defend both its territorial integrity and the right of the Armenians of Nagorno-Karabakh to self-determination. "
And at the end of the meeting, Ararat Mirzoyan responded the questions of those in attendance.
