Azerbaijan Operates on the Principle of 'No Armenians, No Conflict': Honorary Duty

The "Honorary Duty" faction of the National Assembly of Armenia has issued a statement highlighting several key points.

“In 2015, in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide and to prevent future genocides, Armenian diplomacy succeeded in establishing December 9th at the UN as the International Day of Commemoration and Dignity of the Victims of the Crime of Genocide. This was rightly considered a significant achievement for Armenian diplomatic and political circles. However, the current authorities no longer pursue the national agenda for the international recognition of the Armenian Genocide, the dangers of which are unfortunately visible today in the South Caucasus, particularly in Artsakh.

On the occasion of the UN-recognized Day for the Prevention of Genocide, the parliament of Artsakh has made a proposal calling on the international community to condemn Azerbaijan's provocative actions against the Republic of Artsakh and its people, qualifying them as genocide of the 21st century.

Wholeheartedly supporting the proposal from our partners in Artsakh, we also note that Azerbaijan is systematically undermining the process of peaceful negotiations. It asserts that resolving the issue of Artsakh through the use of force remains a priority on its agenda, constructions its policy in a way that inflicts maximum human losses on Artsakh and pushes it towards a humanitarian disaster, carrying out threats to close the corridor linking Armenia and Artsakh, aiming for the complete blockade of Artsakh.

Azerbaijan operates on the principle of 'No Armenians, No Conflict' and, to achieve its maximalist goals, threatens Artsakh with ethnic cleansing, demands the displacement of its indigenous population, as well as physical retribution. Such approaches are nothing less than genocidal rhetoric.

Therefore, we urge all parliaments of the world to prevent Azerbaijan's genocidal ambitions in the 21st century.”