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German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock condemned Azerbaijan’s military offensive against Nagorno-Karabakh (Artsakh) at an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council on Thursday.

She warned that Azerbaijan has chosen to create facts on the ground by military force, condemning Baku’s military assault and calling on it to cease its military actions permanently and completely.

Azerbaijan carries the responsibility to protect the civilian population living reliably and fully in Nagorno-Karabakh. A displacement and forced exodus of ethnic Armenians from Karabakh is not acceptable, Baerbock said.

“Just at the moment when a glimpse of hope was emerging, when humanitarian supplies were allowed into Nagorno-Karabakh, Baku broke its repeated assurances to refrain from the use of force, causing tremendous suffering to a population already in dire straits,” she reported.

The people of Nagorno-Karabakh deserve to live in security and to have their rights protected. A lasting peace between Azerbaijan and Armenia can only be achieved at the negotiating table, she said, urging both sides to return to the talks mediated by the European Union.