Resettlement of Armenians from Syria to Armenia and then to the occupied Azerbaijani territories is a continuation of repugnant process implemented for over two centuries, Novruz Mammadov, deputy head of the Azerbaijani presidential administration, chief of the administration’s foreign relations department tweeted June 3.
The lengthy geopolitical processes are ongoing, he wrote.
“Interestingly, although Armenians love to live under the shadow of other peoples, time and again, they have been resettled in the Azerbaijani territories,” he tweeted.
“Perhaps, in several decades, Armenia would have claims of genocide forwarded against Syria,” Mammadov said.
The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988 when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. As a result of the ensuing war, in 1992 Armenian armed forces occupied 20 percent of Azerbaijan, including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and seven surrounding districts.
The two countries signed a ceasefire agreement in 1994. The co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group, Russia, France and the US are currently holding peace negotiations.
Armenia has not yet implemented the UN Security Council’s four resolutions on the liberation of the Nagorno-Karabakh and the surrounding regions.
/Trend/
