Ms ZOHRABYAN (Armenia)* – In January, several of you voted in favour of a report on the so-called humanitarian problem around the Sarsang reservoir after the military aggression on the part of Azerbaijan. Azerbaijan’s aim is not to resolve the humanitarian problem, but to take the Sarsang reservoir. It was necessary for Azerbaijan to get your support in the Parliamentary Assembly and from other international institutions to commit a military crime under the pretext of a humanitarian aim. If you look at the movement of military forces in Azerbaijan on that day, you will understand that you gave carte blanche to Azerbaijan through your vote.
On the night of 2 April, throughout the length of the contact line in Nagorno-Karabakh, large-scale offensive military actions took place and heavy weapons, including tanks, rocket launchers and aircraft, were deployed. During those actions, artillery units bombed Armenian defences and civilian targets. Four soldiers were killed. A child was killed in front of his brother on their way to school. Prisoners were tortured under the eyes of the civilised world. When the Azerbaijan army managed to control the village of Talish just for one day, Aliyev’s mercenaries tortured and killed the peaceful inhabitants who had remained there. When Aliyev’s mercenaries committed military crimes and bombed civilian targets, the President of our Assembly encouraged the Azeri military criminals. The President of the Assembly should have remained impartial and kept his neutrality because of the position that he occupies. The fact that the present President of the Parliamentary Assembly is the representative of Azerbaijan in our Assembly is well known. During foreign aggression by Azerbaijan, the President of the Parliamentary Assembly acted as Ilham Aliyev’s spokeperson. When he made his first visit to Azerbaijan after being elected President, he confirmed his loyalty to Aliyev’s tyranny. During that difficult period of military action, Agramunt made a declaration that openly encouraged Aliyev’s homicidal regime.