MFA: If US wants to demonstrate impartiality, they should first demand to investigate Armenia's numerous crimes

The statement by Dafna Rand, US Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor at the Warsaw Human Dimension Conference on October 1 noting that the US side “continue to review alleged violations of international humanitarian law and human rights abuses in Nagorno-Karabakh” is surprising, reads a commentary by Aykhan Hajizada, spokesperson of Azerbaijan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on the statement of the US Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor at the Warsaw Human Dimension Conference on October 1, Report informs.

"Interestingly, despite large-scale crimes against humanity, and massacres committed by Armenia against Azerbaijanis during the military occupation of the territories of Azerbaijan, the US side only now refers to the importance of addressing violations of international humanitarian law. For almost 30 years these crimes by Armenia were met with complete silence by the US side.

If the US side wants to demonstrate impartiality and a fair position, they should first and foremost demand to investigate the numerous crimes committed by Armenia so far, and to hold the perpetrators accountable before the law.

Otherwise, this is nothing more than a one-sided statement made as a result of Armenian propaganda that pursues the goal of misleading the international community and distracting the attention from the gross violations of human rights and fundamental freedoms of hundreds of thousands of Azerbaijanis over the course of the Armenian aggression," reads the commentary.