Hikmat Hajiyev: Armenia must bring war criminals to justice

Armenia, as a member of the International Criminal Court (ICC), bears legal responsibility and obligation to bring all war criminals who committed serious crimes against innocentAzerbaijani civilians to justice, said Hikmat Hajiyev, Assistant to the President of Azerbaijan - Head of the Foreign Policy Affairs Department of the Presidential Administration, Report informs.

"Four years passed since bombing of Barda city and surrounding villages of Azerbaijan by Armenian armed forces with Smerch missiles loaded with cluster ammunitions. As a result of which, around 30 innocent civilians killed, 100 more seriously wounded. As a party to ICC, Republic of Armenia bears obligation and legal responsibility to bring to justice all war criminal who committed these and other heinous crimes against innocent civilians of Azerbaijan," Hajiyev said in a post on X.