Parliament of the Republic of Azerbaijan

“ In order to justify their territorial claims to the neighboring states, including the Republic of Azerbaijan and to camouflage the policy of occupation, genocide and state terrorism the Armenian nationalists, by using all means, try to make the international community accept their fabrications as if in 1915 they were subjected to genocide and they are "offended, oppressed and humiliated people". ”

“ History of the Armenians has been artificially changed, exaggerated and presenied as ancient one; intensive campaign of moral aggression has been conducted against the Azerbaijanis. Taking an advantage of the conditions at the end of the 80s of the last century the Armenian nationalists first completed the forcible deportation of hundreds of thousands of Azerbaijanis who were the primordial inhabitants of the territory of the Republic of Armenia, and then launched an open military aggression against Azerbaijan in order to carry out their terhiorial claims against our country. ”

“ The international community should not remain indifferent to the violation of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Republic of Azerbaijan, it has to call the aggressor by its proper name and render assistance in the withdrawal by Armenia from the occupied Azerbaijani territories and return of the refugees and IDPs to their homes. ”

“ In 1999, on the eve of the OSCE Istanbul Summit an unforeseen and unbelievable event took place in the parliament of Armenia, which has never occurred in the history of the modern world and even in the countries with reactionary regimes - a number of armed persons entered the session hail of the parliament and shot some of high ranking officials of the parliament and the government. ”

“ Kalbajar, Aghdam, Jabrayil, Fuzuli, Qubadly, Zangilan have been occupied, more than one million Azerbaijanis have been expelled from the territory of Armenia and occupied territories of Azerbaijan, leaving more than 18 thousand Azerbaijanis killed, over 20 thousand civilians injured, over 50 thousand people disabled, over 4 thousand people taken prisoners and missing, taken hostages, 877 towns, villages and settlements plundered, destroyed and burnt.
In the course of aggression the Armenian nationalists committed terrible crimes of genocide against the Azerbaijani population. ”

“ Illegal operations are being carried out in the Nagorno-Karabakh region and other occupied territories. Trafficking in arms and human beings, disposal of the radioactive wastes, brutal plundering of the natural resources, training of terrorist groups and illegal armed groups financed by the revenues from cultivation, processing and transportation, as well as from the production of narcotics, cause serious concern. ”

“ The unconstructive position of Armenia in the peace talks, its refusal to recognize the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan, stationing foreign military bases in its territory, supplying its army with the modern destructive weapons, frequently breaking the cease-fire regime increase the danger of restoration of military operations. ”

“ People trying to escape from the burned towns and villages were not given any mercy; children and women, in particular pregnant women, were brutally killed. Inhabitants of the other occupied towns and villages of Azerbaijan could escape from the genocide only because they had left their settlements Just a little before the attack of the Armenian military forces.
The Armenian aggressors destroyed the cultural-historical heritage of Azerbaijan in the occupied territories with special brutality. ”

“ Nakhchivan, Baky, Ganja, Karabakh, Shamakhy, Guba, Mughan, Lenkaran and other places of Azerbaijan the civilian Azerbaijani people were subjected to genocide. During the genocide perpetrated in March of 19 is over 30 thousand civilians were killed in Baky - the capital city of Azerbaijan. Thus, millions of innocent people fell a victim to the brutality of the Armenian nationalists. ”

“ One of the factors that hamper the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh problem is predominance of a fear of coercion in the Armenian society and existence of intolerant atmosphere towards the dissent, as well as views regarding the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict, which differs from the official ones. ”

“ During the period of more than the last 100 years a number of generations of the Armenian people have been brought up in the spirit of animosity and hatred against the Turkish and Azerbaijani peoples. ”

“ This conflict, which continues more than 15 years, obviously hampers the democratic development process in the region and negatively affects not ^only Azerbaijan and Armenia, but also the entire South Caucasus region. The position of our country regarding the conflict settlement is just and is based upon the universally recognized norms and principles of international law. ”

“ Numerous subversive acts were perpetrated in the roads, railway and sea stations, airports, metro stations, buses and other public transport vehicles. As a direct consequence of these acts o\er 2 thousand Azerbaijani citizens were killed, ten thousands of people injured. Azerbaijan and iis people suffered huge material and moral damage. ”