Hikmet Hajiyev: 'Attempts to resuscitate the OSCE Minsk Group are a hypocritical and shameful step' 

Attempts to resuscitate the OSCE Minsk Group are a hypocritical and shameful step, Assistant to the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Head of the Foreign Policy Affairs Department of the Presidential Administration, Hikmet Hajiyev, told journalists in Shusha, Report informs.

According to him, the ambassadors of France and the United States to Azerbaijan are not participating in the conference in Shusha today: "They clearly ignored the invitation of the Azerbaijani government. We cannot understand their absence. Indeed, the city of Shusha does not need the participation of those countries. It's up to them whether to participate in the conference or not. We probably won't invite them at all from now on. But their statements about the resuscitation of the Minsk Group once again show what mission they carried out within the 30-year negotiation process. It can't be understood what they can't digest. The territorial integrity of Azerbaijan or the reconstruction and restoration works in the city of Shusha? Therefore, first of all, they must answer to the people of Azerbaijan. If they consider themselves a friendly country to Azerbaijan, they should know that Shusha is a great value for the Azerbaijani people, Shusha is the apple of the eye of the Azerbaijani people, a city in the heart of every Azerbaijani citizen. The fact that they did not come here once again shows what goals they serve and what they were interested in during the 30 years of the negotiation process - which took Azerbaijan's time."

"Someone's attempts to revitalize the OSCE Minsk Group are a hypocritical and shameful step. The states that carry out the mission of co-chairing the Minsk Group should be somewhat ashamed in front of the international community. Because based on the UN Charter and the decisions of the Security Council, those states were given the mandate of the international community to eliminate injustice and stop occupation and aggression. Not an inch of Azerbaijani land was liberated from occupation, and not one Azerbaijani citizen returned to their land. Appointing someone as co-chair of the Minsk Group after 30 years of unsuccessful activity is just a shameful step. There is no such institution for us anymore. The Minsk Group is an institution that committed suicide, the Minsk Group is already a part of history," Hajiyev added.