No:152/20, The Head of the Press Service Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan Leyla Abdullayeva answers the question of the media
Question: The Armenian Foreign Minister met with a representative of the so-called regime in the occupied territories of Azerbaijan and discussed the issues related to conflict. Can we have your comment on this regard?
Answer: The meeting of the Foreign Minister of Armenia with the so-called "president" of the illegal regime created in the occupied territories of Azerbaijan is another striking example of the aggressive and annexation policy of this country. Such steps by the Armenian leadership, as well as illegal activities in the occupied territories of Azerbaijan, including the illegal resettlement and changing the geographic names, serve to consolidating the occupation.
By meeting with the puppet regime, Armenia, which is trying to portray this so-called organization as a party to the conflict, is doing nothing but deceiving itself. The principled position of the world community on the elimination of the consequences of Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict and of Armenia's aggressive policy is clear. As for the format of the negotiations, the parties to the negotiations, held since 1992 through the mediation of the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs, are the aggressor state Armenia and the victim of aggression, Azerbaijan. As in the case of any occupation, the occupation by Armenia is the temporary and territorial integrity of Azerbaijan will be restored within its internationally recognized borders and the Azerbaijanis expelled from their lands will return to their homes.
We remind that the essence of the proposals of the Minsk Group co-chairs based on a step-by-step settlement of the conflict is the withdrawal of the occupying forces from the occupied territories of Azerbaijan and the return of IDPs to their homes.