The Lachin road is blocked not by the Azerbaijani protesters, but by the Russian peacekeepers, Hikmet Hajiyev, Assistant to the President of Azerbaijan and Head of the Foreign Policy Affairs Department of the Presidential Administration, said at the meeting with representatives of the diplomatic corps and military attachés accredited in Azerbaijan.
According to Hajiyev, representatives of the Azerbaijani civil society seek to stop the illegal exploitation and export of the country’s natural resources, and they are not interfering with the movement of other civilian vehicles.
He said that in general, the comments of the Armenian government regarding the events taking place within the territory of Azerbaijan show that Armenia’s territorial claims against Azerbaijan are still ongoing. Meanwhile, such statements contradict the commitments made by the Armenian Prime Minister in Prague and Sochi to respect the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Azerbaijan.
