Tokyo, 14 September, /AJMEDIA/
The Malaysian National News Agency BERNAMA has published an article featuring a statement by Chargé d’Affaires ad interim at the Azerbaijani Embassy in the country Rafig Rustamov headlined “Azerbaijan not interested in military escalation with Armenia”.
In a statement to Bernama, the Azerbaijani diplomat said on the contrary, the Azerbaijan government is currently implementing large-scale investment projects by allocating billions of dollars in areas close to the latest military escalation zone.
“We also undertake wide-range post-conflict reconstruction and rehabilitation works. Military confrontations are an immediate danger to these projects,” he said in a statement explaining his government’s position following the latest clashes between Azerbaijan and Armenia at their border on Tuesday.
Rustamov further claimed that Yerevan’s action undermine the Brussels meeting on August 31, 2022, adding that after the meeting, Azerbaijan proposed to hold a meeting between the foreign ministers of the two countries at the end of September, but the peaceful proposal of Azerbaijan was left unanswered by Armenia.
He said at the meeting an agreement was reached regarding the launching of negotiations on the normalization of relations between the two countries based on mutual recognition and respect for each other’s territorial integrity, sovereignty, and state borders.
“Also just a few days ago, the Azerbaijani side demonstrated another good-will gesture and released five more citizens of Armenia detained in Azerbaijan. This process took place directly between Azerbaijan and Armenia without mediation by any third party as an indicator of goodwill with a view to contributing to the peace process.
“Anyway, this is gunfire against the peace agenda, which is extremely required for security, prosperity, and coexistence in our neighbourhood. Armenia without any delay must come back to the table of peace talks,” Rustamov said.
