Earlier on Monday, the head of the National Defense Directorate Center of the Russian Federation, Colonel-General Mikhail Mizinsev, reporting on humanitarian goods delivered to Ukraine and conducted humanitarian actions, allowed himself provocative statements. So, the little figures stated that 50 tons of food were delivered for residents of the Kiev and Zaporizhia regions “from Syria, and 14 tons of essential items from Nagorno-Karabakh”.
The response of the Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan did not make long wait.
The statement of the Azerbaijan military department says: “The use of the term” Nagorno-Karabakh “by the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation in the context of humanitarian aid sent to Ukraine is unacceptable. On the territory of the Azerbaijan Republic there is no administrative-territorial unit called” Nagorno-Karabakh “. Russian Federation Repeatedly declared its support for the territorial integrity, sovereignty and inviolability of the borders of Azerbaijan. At the same time, this position was confirmed in the relevant documents signed between the two countries.
Contrary to the official position of the Russian Federation, in the official statements of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation and previously under this title were called the sovereign territories of Azerbaijan. “
The Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan emphasizes that such statements may cause damage to Azerbaijani-Russian relations and lead to the exacerbation of the situation in the territories of Azerbaijan, where Russian peacekeeping forces are temporarily deployed.
The Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan calls on the Defense Office of the Russian Federation to terminate the practice of appealing to the sovereign territories of the Republic of Azerbaijan under the name of the administrative-territorial units that are absent in Azerbaijan.