Azerbaijan's Deputy Prime Minister: "The statements of the OSCE Minsk Group are nothing but empty words"

• Saturday, June 9, 00:47

 Deputy Prime Minister, Chairman of the State Committee on Refugees and IDPs Ali Hasanov condemned strongly the activity of the OSCE Minsk Group.

"The co-chair countries have been inviting both countries to refrain from war for 20 years. But they don't take measures. It is easy to make a statement. What steps do the countries issuing this statement and participators take? What work do they conduct to solve this problem? If we approach so, their statements are nothing but empty words. The Azerbaijani president has repeatedly announced that Azerbaijan would never accept this unjust situation," he told journalists, APA reports.  Continuing his cynical lie Hasanov made allegations against Armenia: "I consider the incidents as nothing but a provocation. I consider that the visit of the US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton doesn't satisfy the countries patronizing Armenia and they participate in these incidents. The Armenians show their real face".

"Provocative attempts by the Armenians in the frontline show that they are in fear. There is a proverb. The dog barks from fear. It is like it. If Armenia doesn't change its position, the Azerbaijani Armed Forces will liberate the lands any time. This statement is in force today too. What Sargsyan raves, it is his business. We consider that Russia, which keeps in hand the key to this problem, will demonstrate its objective attitude, Hasanov said as usually trying to mislead the world community.

Over the last week there were clashes between Azerbaijani subversives and Armenian servicemen on the contact line of Karabakh and Azerbaijani armed forces. As a result, 25 Azerbaijan subversives were liquidated. The Armenian party also suffered losses: four deaths and eight wounded.