Armenian Foreign Ministry comments on Baku’s claims of ceasefire violations

Armenian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Ani Badalyan has responded in an interview with Armenpress to the statements by her Azerbaijani counterpart Aykhan Hajizada, who falsely accused Armenia of violating the ceasefire and failing to fulfil its obligations.

“The Ministry of Defense of Armenia has announced that it is ready to investigate facts substantiating the reports of the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry, should such be provided to Armenia. I have to note that so far Azerbaijan hasn’t conveyed any factual information to us about ceasefire violations allegedly committed by Armenia. Azerbaijan has also not responded to the 22 June 2024 proposal made by the Republic of Armenia on creating a joint mechanism for investigating cases of ceasefire violations and/or such reports,” Badalyan said.

Badalyan added that Armenia had announced at the highest level its readiness to consider the dissolution of the OSCE Minsk Group.

“Armenia simply wants to make sure that this would mean the de facto and de jure end to the conflict and not its shift to the territory of the Republic of Armenia under the narrative of the so-called ‘Western Azerbaijan.’ Regarding the Armenian Constitution, the 26 September 2024 ruling of the Armenian Constitutional Court made it obvious that the Armenian Constitution doesn’t contain any territorial claims against any country. On the contrary, the Republic of Armenia believes that it is Azerbaijan’s Constitution that contains territorial claims against Armenia. But we also believe that the finalized text of the peace treaty solves this issue. Why? Because the finalized text stipulates that Armenia and Azerbaijan recognize each other’s territorial integrity within the borders of the USSR republics, don’t have territorial claims against each other and are bound to not make such claims in the future,” she said.