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Initiative Group on “West Azerbaijan” Return Established in the Azerbaijani Parliament

A new initiative group has been formed in the Parliament of Azerbaijan by order of the Speaker to “support the right of Azerbaijanis expelled from West Azerbaijan to return to their native lands.”

The term “West Azerbaijan” is a fabricated name used by the Azerbaijani government to make territorial claims on Armenia’s historical and sovereign lands.

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Armenian Speaker’s Comments Bolster Azerbaijani Propaganda

The incompetent Speaker of the Armenian Parliament, Alen Simonyan, in an attempt to absolve himself and his boss, the Prime Minister of Armenia, of responsibility for abandoning Artsakh, simultaneously managed to justify Azerbaijan’s attacks on Artsakh.

His comments provided a major boost to the Azerbaijani press, whose English-language outlets ran headlines along the lines of ‘the Speaker of the Armenian Parliament admitted that Azerbaijan had the right to operate in Karabakh based on UN resolutions.’

In response to questions from RFE/RL’s Armenian service, the tone-deaf Simonyan defended Azerbaijan’s actions in Artsakh.

‘The attack on Karabakh and the occupation of Armenian territories are two different things from a legal standpoint. Azerbaijan conducted an operation in Karabakh, for which it had at least 3-4 UN resolutions,’ Simonyan stated.

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Russia praises Azerbaijan’s ‘constructive’ approach to return of Artsakh refugees 

Russian Foreign Ministry Spox Maria Zakharova has said Azerbaijan is taking ‘constructive’ actions to facilitate the right to return of Nagorno-Karabakh Armenians.

‘We have repeatedly commented on and emphasised the constructive steps taken by Baku to provide the population that left their native places with the opportunity to return there’, Zakharova said during a press briefing on Wednesday.

She added that Russia had raised the issue during bilateral talks with Azerbaijan, and received ‘relevant explanations’. 

‘At the same time, I say again, the opportunity to return was and is there. If, as you say, people are interested in preserving their homes, their native places, then perhaps they should take advantage of it,’ she said. 

Zakharova’s comments were in response to a question regarding the demolition of Armenian residential buildings in Artsakh by Azerbaijan, including the historical quarters of the capital Stepanakert, which date back to the 19th and early 20th centuries. 

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As part of today's meeting at the 3+3 consultative platform in Istanbul, the Foreign Ministers of Armenia and Turkey met.

According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Armenia, Ararat Mirzoyan and Hakan Fidan discussed "the continuation of the dialogue aimed at the full settlement of relations between Armenia and Turkey, regional developments."

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