During a joint press conference with Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis in Yerevan on April 5, Armenia’s top diplomat Edward Nalbandian commented on Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev's racist statements at Euronest session in Baku
“Azerbaijan’s statements discredit the UN Security Council,” Nalbandian said. “The Council of Europe once adopted a document particularly specifying Azerbaijan as a country which regularly voices such shameful claims.”
“A country making such declarations increases the tension in the region; a country which boosts its armament aiming to destabilize the situation, and dubs a whole nation as its enemy discredits the Security Council of UN by its mere presence in the organization,” Minister Nalbandian stated.
On April 3, President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev called Armenians “fascists” during a plenary sitting of Euronest Parliamentary Assembly in Baku. The statement sparked resentment of the Armenian delegation which dubbed it improper and beyond diplomatic norms. Representative of Euronest delegation and other countries also expressed discontent with Aliyev’s conduct.
Euronest inter-parliamentary union includes Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine.
