It is evident that the Azerbaijani authorities are attempting in this manner to divert the attention of the international community from the terrorist act carried out by Azerbaijan’s armed forces on March 5, from the ongoing policy of terrorism and ethnic cleansing against the people of Artsakh, as well as to prepare the ground for possible new provocations. This was stated in a comment by the Artsakh Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding the statement issued by Azerbaijan’s Ministry of Defence.
“On March 7, Azerbaijan’s Ministry of Defence issued a statement claiming that on the same day, a column of military equipment of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Armenia passed along the Stepanakert-Lisagor road, escorted by Russian Federation peacekeepers.
In this connection, we deem it necessary to emphasize that the information disseminated by Azerbaijan’s Ministry of Defence does not correspond to reality and constitutes yet another fabrication by the Azerbaijani side aimed at misleading the international community.
The Azerbaijani authorities had also spread such disinformation regarding the so-called transfer of mines from Armenia to Artsakh, but on February 22, the International Court of Justice rejected that fabrication at a high level.
At the same time, it is evident that the Azerbaijani authorities are attempting in this manner to divert the attention of the international community from the terrorist act carried out by Azerbaijan’s armed forces on March 5, from the ongoing policy of terrorism and ethnic (tribal) cleansing against the people of Artsakh, as well as to prepare the ground for possible new provocations.”
