Azerbaijan, in response to a focused violation of the Armenia of Human Rights in relation to Azerbaijanis, filed a second lawsuit in an international court in order to take urgent measures under the International Convention on the Elimination of all forms of racial discrimination (CERD), the Azerbaijani Ministry of Foreign Affairs said.
“In particular, there are new evidence of the installation of Armenia since 2021 mines in Azerbaijan, Min-Lovushki in houses. This prevents the return of forced immigrants to their homes, expelled from their native lands 30 years ago as a result of the Armenian occupation. Armenian side. Having grossly violating the provisions of a tripartite statement, she continued the military provocations, and since August 2022, more than 2,700 minutes of Armenian production of 2021 were discovered in Azerbaijan. There is evidence that mines were established by Armenia after signing a tripartite application for the termination of all military operations, withdrawal, withdrawal their forces from the territory of Azerbaijan and the consent to the return of Azerbaijani forced immigrants to the territory liberated from the occupation. More than half of these mines were discovered in civilian territories, ”the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry notes.
The document states that, “in addition, to transport these mines and other weapons, Armenia openly uses the Lachinsky road intended exclusively for humanitarian purposes. The establishment of mines not only poses a threat to the life of civilians, but also provocation, putting it under The threat of signing a peace agreement, the achievement of which Azerbaijan is still committed. Just three weeks ago as a result of an explosion of mines in the Kelbadzharsky district, 7 Azerbaijanis, including four civilians participating in restoration work, were injured, one died. “
“Azerbaijan appealed to the International Court to accept Armenia immediate steps necessary for the operational, safe and efficiently cleared of districts, the cessation of its pollution by mines and other explosives and the use of the Lachinsky road for this purpose. The Azerbaijani side continues the effort to attract Armenia liable for violation of human rights, ”the Azerbaijan Foreign Ministry said in a statement.