'Destruction and genocide': FM says Artsakh has only one future as part of Azerbaijan
Artsakh’s Foreign Minister David Babayan has dismissed an Azerbaijani presidential assistant’s latest statement on Armenians and Azerbaijanis.
“Assistant to the President of Azerbaijan Hajiyev said that Azerbaijanis and Armenians can live side by side as citizens of the one country,” Babayan wrote on Facebook on Tuesday.
“Firstly, Armenians and Azerbaijanis can live within the same country, but this country can only be a third country. There are many such examples, such as Russia, the US, Switzerland, etc. But Azerbaijan is doing everything to ensure that even in such countries, Azerbaijanis treat Armenians with hostility.
“But if in this case we are talking about Artsakh and Azerbaijan, then we cannot be part of Azerbaijan, because Artsakh has only one future as part of Azerbaijan: deportation, destruction and genocide,” he said.