The head of an Azerbaijani presidential administration department considers the United States issuing $10 million to the separatist Nagorno-Karabakh regime as wrong.
“It is regrettable that the U.S. Congress has decided to allocate $10 million to the separatist Nagorno-Karabakh regime,” said the Head of the Azerbaijani Presidential Administration International Relations Department, Novruz Mammadov, in his interview with the ruling New Azerbaijan Party’s (NAP) website on July 10.
The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988 when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Armenian armed forces have occupied 20 percent of Azerbaijan since 1992, including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and 7 surrounding districts. Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a ceasefire agreement in 1994. The co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group – Russia, France, and the U.S. – are currently holding the peace negotiations.
Novruzov said Azerbaijan has repeatedly faced such injustice. “Our country does not see an adequate response in return for cooperation with the West. Unfortunately, we have not seen a fair position from the West in return for our sincere cooperation since we gained independence. But there is a positive attitude towards Armenia. The 907th amendment is an injust decision,” the head of the department said.
Novruzov commented that it is wrong that the U.S. have allocated $10 million to the separatist regime. “If this is humanitarian aid, then I want to note that it is necessary to give it to the people who were left homeless, and the number of which exceeds the number of people currently living in Nagorno-Karabakh. If the U.S. wants to prove that they are just, they must take into account the people who have become internally displaced persons as a result of the aggression,” he said.
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