Macron`s statement on Artsakh at conference of ambassadors again  provokes Baku`s inadequate reaction 

ArmInfo.The statement of French President Emmanuel Macron at the conference of ambassadors on 

the difficult humanitarian situation around Artsakh again provoked an inadequate reaction from Baku.

Thus, head of the press service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of 

the Republic of Azerbaijan Aykhan Hajizadeh, commenting on Macron's 

statement, assured that these statements allegedly "form a wrong 

impression of the existing situation in the region and protect 

Armenia unilaterally, damage the peace process, and indicate the 

fallacy of the policies of Paris."

"It is unacceptable for the President of France to use such 

expressions as the "Lachin Humanitarian Corridor" in the lexicon, 

speak the language of pressure, this is disrespect for the 

territorial integrity and sovereignty of Azerbaijan," Hajizadeh 

noted, and began to talk nonsense that through the checkpoint, by the 

way illegally installed one, Armenians pass by every day. Of course, 

he did not tell what these people go through, and some of them do not 

reach their final destination at all, such as, for example, the three 

young people from Artsakh kidnapped by enemy forces.

"It would be more useful if the French side, which claims that France 

is the author of initiatives for the EU mission in Prague and the 

recognition of borders in the framework of the Alma-Ata Declaration 

of 1991, answered the question why it has not come up with such 

initiatives over the past 30 years.

The Azerbaijani side is determined to ensure peace and security in 

the region, and will resolutely suppress outside interference that 

impedes this process," the representative of the Azerbaijani Foreign 

Ministry said.  As ArmInfo previously reported, the President of 

France, speaking at the annual conference of ambassadors, announced 

that he would come up with a new diplomatic initiative to resolve the 

conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh.

"This week I will talk with Prime Minister Pashinyan and President 

Aliyev. We will demand full respect for the Lachin Humanitarian 

Corridor and will again take a diplomatic initiative in this 

direction at the international level to increase pressure," Macron 

said.

Artsakh has been under siege by Azerbaijan since December 12, 2022. 

120,000 Artsakh residents are deprived of basic human rights and 

livelihoods. Death from malnutrition has already been recorded in the 

Republic. In parallel with the siege, enemy forces are targeting 

civilians and units of the Artsakh Defense Army. People are kidnapped 

from an illegally installed checkpoint in the Kashatagh (Lachin) 

corridor. The humanitarian situation in Artsakh is getting worse 

every day. The international community dismisses the situation with 

only dry calls to Yerevan and Baku to show constructivism.