Official Baku: Double standards by UN special rapporteurs and experts are unacceptable

UN special rapporteurs and experts getting deceived by the manipulations of Armenia and issuing biased statements all the while turning a blind eye to the 30 years of occupation of the territories of Azerbaijan, the human rights violations against almost 1 million refugees and internally displaced persons, the presence of Armenian armed forces in the territories of Azerbaijan in the last three years, as well as obstruction of the return of IDPs to their homes is extremely worrying, Azerbaijan’s Foreign Affairs Ministry said in a commentary on the statement regarding the situation around “Lachin road” by some special rapporteurs and the independent expert of the UN Human Rights Council, Report informs.

Furthermore, the Foreign Ministry said the usage by the persons in question of expressions such as “Nagorno-Karabakh” in clear disrespect of the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Azerbaijan, the interference in the internal affairs of Azerbaijan, as well as the double standards against it in the statement are unacceptable.

“It must be strongly reminded that Armenia, besides failing to withdraw its armed forces from the territories of Azerbaijan in clear violation of its assumed obligations has also conducted their rotation to and from the territories of Azerbaijan and supplied them with munitions via the Lachin road, as well as engaged in looting of natural resources of Azerbaijan. These actions were met with silence by the UN and other organizations,” the ministry said.