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Azerbaijani Defense Minister Zakir Hasanov has made a threatening statement in which he, in fact, acknowledged that the 2016 April War has been unleashed by Azerbaijan, My Step faction head Lilit Makunts said at the Armenian National Assembly, addressing the latest bellicose statement by Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Hasanov’s threats following it.

The lawmaker stressed that like in 1990s or 2016 the response to the aggression unleashed by Azerbaijani at any moment is going to be more than adequate and strong.

“We shall not back down from defending our right to life, regardless of our party affiliations or political differences. However, our main task is to call the attention of the international community to these statements, as Azerbaijan continues to violate one of the three key principles adopted by the Minsk Group format: the exclusion of force and the threat of force,” Makunts said.

She highlighted that the international community should not remain indifferent to such statements, explaining that it can free Aliyev's hands and lead to a new escalation in the region, which, in her words, will receive strong retaliation and will cause devastating consequences for Azerbaijan in the first place.