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“[When] mixed with the unfold of false details about the violation of the ceasefire by the Armenian military, [this will] kind a “justification” for a brand new escalation within the area,” Pashinyan instructed Armenpress on Wednesday.
Aliyev and his authorities have been accused of stirring up ethnic hatred towards Armenians. Azerbaijan has fought a collection of wars towards its neighbor since 2020. In September 2023, Azerbaijani forces conquered the breakaway area of Nagorno-Karabakh, sparking an exodus of its total 100,000-strong ethnic Armenian inhabitants — drawing allegations of ethnic cleaning from Western NGOs and watchdogs.
Aliyev’s fascism declare got here after the Azeri protection ministry accused the Armenian military of capturing at Azeri military positions on the southeastern border between the 2 states on Jan. 5. The Armenian Defense Ministry dismissed the accusations as disinformation in an announcement on Sunday.
“[The] armament of Armenia will result in new tensions. We don’t need that. We need peace … But impartial Armenia is a fascist state at its core. Fascism have to be destroyed by [the] Armenian management or we’ll do it ourselves,” Aliyev instructed native TV channels on Tuesday.
The two international locations have been in a decades-long battle because the fall of the Soviet Union. In latest years the U.S. and the EU have been pushing for a diplomatic resolution amid hopes {that a} lasting peace deal could be signed.
“We is not going to use the language of aggression, however the language of dialogue. We will proceed to deal with demarcation, on agreeing on the textual content of the peace treaty, [and on an] settlement on humanitarian points, together with the issues of discovering the destiny of the lacking,” Pashinyan stated.
Gabriel Gavin contributed reporting to this story.
