Azerbaijan planning new legal responsibility measures against Armenia for illegal exploitation of energy and natural resources 

At the beginning of next year, Azerbaijan is planning new legal responsibility measures against Armenia for damage to the environment, as well as illegal exploitation of energy and natural resources, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan said in a statement on the results of 2022, Report informs.

According to the statement, during the course of the year, necessary measures were taken on the complaints filed by Azerbaijan against Armenia in the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and the European Court of Human Rights: “In December, Azerbaijan submitted a new interstate complaint against Armenia regarding the intentional and purposeful destruction of property, including hundreds of civilian houses and other residential areas during Armenia’s withdrawal from the city of Lachin and two neighboring villages in May-August 2022. Azerbaijan is seeking compensation, reparation, restitution in integrum, costs, expenses, and further or other relief for the damage suffered following gross human rights violations. A detailed document reflecting all the facts related to the 30-year military occupation period to be submitted to the ICJ within the legal responsibility measures against Armenia has been finalized as well. The document will be submitted to the ICJ at the end of January 2023. Furthermore, on October 12, 2022, the ICJ rejected the petition filed by Armenia on September 16, 2022, regarding new temporary measures against Azerbaijan.”