MFA: ‘Armenia has violated its legal obligations under the Bern Convention’

Azerbaijan’s interstate legal action notes that Armenia has violated its legal obligations under the Bern Convention to maintain populations of all wild flora and fauna, especially in the area of ensuring conservation, restoration and improvements to the habitats of wild flora and fauna, among others, Azerbaijan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a press release on arbitration filed by Azerbaijan against Armenia for widespread environmental destruction, Report informs.

“In keeping with the United Nations’ Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, Azerbaijan calls on the international community to condemn Armenia’s appalling destruction during the occupation of one of the world’s most rich and biodiverse ecologies.

Within the framework of arbitration, Azerbaijan demands to order Armenia to cease all ongoing violations of the Bern Convention, and pay full reparation for its environmental destruction in the formerly occupied territories,” the ministry said.