Baku: The Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry has issued a statement in response to recent remarks made in Russia concerning Azerbaijan’s Karabakh region, APA reports.
According to Azeri-Press News Agency, the comments were made during a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan in Moscow on April 1. Russian officials have since publicly discussed issues that Azerbaijan considers strictly internal affairs. The Azerbaijani government has communicated its position on these matters to the Russian Presidential Administration, the Government, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs through diplomatic channels, emphasizing the inadmissibility of using the Garabagh region for political speculation and calling for an end to such actions.
Despite these efforts, the topic continues to appear in Russia’s official political discourse. Dmitry Peskov, Press Secretary of the Russian President, recently discussed Armenian-Russian relations in an interview with Vesti, where he commented on recognition of the Garabagh region as part of Azerbaijan. Azerbaijan asserts that Garabagh is an integral part of its territory based on historical, legal, and justice grounds, reaffirmed by the outcomes of the 44-day Patriotic War of 2020 and the anti-terror measures of 2023.
The Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry reiterated that no country, including Russia, has ever questioned Azerbaijan’s territorial integrity and sovereignty, including over the Garabagh region. The ministry expressed its expectation that issues regarding Azerbaijan’s sovereignty will not become subjects of public discourse at a time when Russian-Armenian relations are complex.