ARMENIA WILL BE RESPONSIBLE IF HOSTILITIES BURST OUT AGAIN, AZERI DEFENSE MINISTER CONSIDERS

“Armenia will bear full responsibility if hostilities burst out again”, Azeri Defense Minister Safar Abiyev stated. In his words, the Azerbaijani leadership is seeking peaceful settlement of the Karabakh conflict. “However Azerbaijan is concerned that the international community does not recognize Armenia as an aggressor though recently the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe has called Armenia an aggressor-state and stated the Karabakh authorities as separative. In my opinion all the international organizations should do the same”, the Minister said. He also mentioned of the “deliberate settling of the Azeri territories by Armenians”. “We reiterate that we will not cede a single inch of our land”, Safar Abiyev stated. The resumption of military operations is possible, as the ways for resolving the conflict have not been found yet. Thus, Armenia will be responsible for the outbreak of hostilities”, he resumed.