“Armenia has continued military provocations in grave violation of the Trilateral Statement, and since August 2022 over 2,700 landmines produced in Armenia in 2021 have been discovered in Azerbaijan. Targeting civilian areas with landmines is a provocation that not only endangers the lives of innocent civilians, but threatens the peace agreement that Azerbaijan remains committed to achieve. Just three weeks ago, seven Azerbaijanis, including four civilians engaged in reconstruction work, were injured in a landmine blast in the Kalbajar district, and one Azerbaijani was killed,” said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as the country, in response to Armenia’s ongoing and deliberate violations of Azerbaijanis’ human rights, submitted a second request to the International Court of Justice.
“Azerbaijan requested that the ICJ order Armenia to immediately take all necessary steps to enable the prompt, safe, and effective demining of regions to which Azerbaijani civilians will return, and cease its efforts to target civilian areas with landmines and other explosives, as well as the use of the Lachin road for this purpose.
Azerbaijan will continue efforts to hold Armenia accountable for violations of international human rights law,” the ministry added.