News
Show news feed


The decision of the International Court of Justice regarding the reopening of the Lachin corridor by Azerbaijan is not being implemented because Azerbaijan's behavior—in all its logic—contradicts international law. Yeghishe Kirakosyan, Armenia's representative for international legal matters, on Monday told this to reporters at the National Assembly.

According to him, Azerbaijan not only does not implement that decision, but also distorts its content, against which the Armenian state agencies should carry out a counter-fight and present the real content of the decision.

"The UN Security Council is the platform that is the best place to discuss similar matters. Work should be done in that regard so that the matter enters the UN Security Council agenda. In addition, at the bilateral level, it is necessary to work with various partner states, to keep the matter constantly open, also, to prevent attempts to distort the content of the decision to the international community," he said.

Kirakosyan emphasized that the aforesaid decision of the International Court of Justice has a great political weight and, also, it opens a field for political and diplomatic work.

"We have a very clear, legally well-grounded decision," he added.

To the question of what will happen if Azerbaijan does not implement that decision, Yeghishe Kirakosyan answered: "Reactions [in that regard] have already been heard by the international community. The foreign ministries of a number of countries have issued calls, declaring that the decision of the International Court of Justice should be implemented; even a [respective] statement was made by the Secretary General of the United Nations. There is a need to work within this logic; there is no other way. There is a need to work gradually; the Armenian diaspora also has its role here."

He noted that sanctions against Azerbaijan are always possible, but they have certain preconditions for their application.

"Sanctions’ matters have certain legal mechanisms, depending on what sanctions they are about. I am not ruling anything out, but it is more about gross violations of humanitarian law, war crimes or crimes against humanity. Yes, unfortunately, we have that reality, but this is also a work of a slightly different dimension," Armenia's representative on international legal matters said.

!
This text available in   Հայերեն and Русский
Print
Read more:
All