MFA: Armenian Foreign Ministry’s comments becoming more and more unprofessional

The comments by the Armenian Foreign Ministry’s representatives are becoming more and more unprofessional and ridiculous day by day, said Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry’s Spokesman Hikmat Hajiyev.

The comments by the Armenian Foreign Ministry’s representatives are becoming more and more unprofessional and ridiculous day by day, said Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry’s Spokesman Hikmat Hajiyev.

He made the remarks commenting on Armenian Foreign Ministry’s spokesman Tigran Balayan’s statement on the Sarsang reservoir.

“The absurd position of the Deputy Foreign Minister [of Armenia] Shavarsh Kocharyan is manifested in all spheres,” Hajiyev told Trend, noting that there is lack of serious and substantial arguments to defend the position of Armenia, which tries to preserve the status quo of occupation by all means.

“It is interesting whom they are trying to deceive with their shortsighted policy. It is more than obvious that only the Armenian people,” Hajiyev added.

The spokesman has earlier noted on Twitter that Armenia continues the occupation of Azerbaijan’s lands including the Sarsang reservoir and pursues a policy of environmental terror and deliberate contamination of rivers. “This policy must be condemned and stopped,” Hajiyev added.

Sarsang, Azerbaijan’s highest water reservoir, which is situated 726 meters above sea level, was built on the Tartar River in 1976. Since 1992, the reservoir has been under the control of the Armenian armed forces, and as a result, Azerbaijan’s frontline regions have been deprived of water.

Over the years of occupation, the technical facilities and equipment of the Sarsang reservoir have fallen in a state of disrepair due to a lack of maintenance. The probability of destruction of the reservoir as a result of malfunction, natural disaster, or sabotage is extremely high and this poses a real threat to Azerbaijan.

Armenia broke out a lengthy war against Azerbaijan by laying territorial claims on the country. Since a war in the early 1990s, Armenian armed forces have occupied 20 percent of Azerbaijan's territory, including Nagorno-Karabakh and seven surrounding regions. More than 20,000 Azerbaijanis were killed and over 1 million were displaced as a result of the large-scale hostilities.

To this day, Armenia has not implemented four UN Security Council resolutions on withdrawal of its armed forces from the Nagorno-Karabakh and surrounding regions.