Azerbaijan MFA: Russia's speculation on Karabakh is unacceptable

"During the meeting between the President of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin, and the Prime Minister of Armenia, Nikol Pashinyan, held in Moscow on April 1, and in the following days, Russian officials in public discussions touched upon issues strictly related to Azerbaijan’s internal affairs. In this regard, our position on the inadmissibility of using the Garabagh region of Azerbaijan for political speculation and our expectations for the cessation of such actions have been brought to the attention of the Russian Presidential Administration, the Government, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs through diplomatic channels.

Despite this, the topic remains present in the official political discourse of the Russian side," Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan said in its statement on recent remarks in Russia regarding Azerbaijan’s Garabagh region.

“Specifically, today, in an interview with Vesti, the Press Secretary of the Russian President, Dmitry Peskov, while expressing his position on Armenian-Russian relations, once again commented on whether the Garabagh region is recognized as part of Azerbaijan first by Russia or by Armenia.

The fact that the Garabagh region is an integral part of Azerbaijan is based not on the decision of any state, but on history, international law, and justice. This was once again reaffirmed and fully re-established as a result of the 44-day Patriotic War of 2020 and the 1-day anti-terror measures of 2023.

We once again remind the Russian side that no country, including the Russian Federation, has ever questioned the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Azerbaijan including the Garabagh region.

We once again bring to the attention of the Russian side our expectations that issues related to Azerbaijan’s sovereignty will not become a subject of public clarification of relations at a time when Russian-Armenian relations are complex,” the MFA commentary emphasized.