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Azeri envoy informs UN Secretary General about Armenian sniper`s killing of kid
Baku, March 25 (AzerTAc). Permanent Representative of Azerbaijan to the United Nations Agshin Mehdiyev has sent a letter to UN Secretary General over Armenian sniper`s killing nine-year-old Fariz Badalov. The letter was also forwarded to missions of UN member-countries.
“On 8 March 2011, as a result of the ceasefire violation by the armed forces of the Armenia, from a position situated in the occupied Shikhlar village of the Agdam district of the Azerbaijan, an Armenian sniper shot Fariz Badalov, a nine-year-old resident of the village of Orta Garvand in the same district”, Ambassador Mehdiyev noted. “He was wounded in the head but died before he reached hospital. We have repeatedly stated that the Armenian side regularly and deliberately violates the ceasefire by attacking and killing not only Azerbaijani soldiers but also civilians residing in the territories adjacent to the front line”.
According to the Ambassador, over the last years, such violations have become more frequent and violent. “My Government strongly protests against yet another hateful and dangerous provocation of the Republic of Armenia. By the intentional killing of an Azerbaijani child and the shameless denial of its responsibility for this odious crime, the Armenian side has demonstrated once again that it feels no remorse for the senseless loss of life of a nine-year-old boy, and that moral and ethical principles of humanity are alien to it”, he added.
Attacks against the civilians are also illustrative of the consistent disrespect by the Armenia of its obligations both under international law and within the ongoing conflict settlement process.
“It is notable that the Azerbaijani child was shot dead three days after the meeting between the Presidents of the Armenia and Azerbaijan, held in Sochi on 5 March 2011, at the invitation of the President of the Russian Federation, to pursue the dialogue between the parties on the settlement of the conflict. The bloody action of the occupying Armenian armed forces against the defenseless”, says the letter.
The Ambassador also pointed out that the killing of a child can in no way contribute to the establishment of confidence between the parties and is yet another solid piece of evidence of the Armenia’s unwillingness to settle the conflict by political means and in a constructive manner.
“My Government expresses its hope for an objective and thorough investigation of the incident that caused the death of Fariz Badalov and for subsequent resolute measures aimed at bringing those responsible for this crime to justice”.
“It is absolutely clear that, for the purposes of lasting peace, security and stability, the Armenia must, in the first place, cease its provocative and hostile policy, put a prompt end to its aggression and withdraw all its armed forces from all the occupied territories of the Azerbaijan, thus enabling Azerbaijani internally displaced persons to return to their homes,” he demanded.
“On 8 March 2011, as a result of the ceasefire violation by the armed forces of the Armenia, from a position situated in the occupied Shikhlar village of the Agdam district of the Azerbaijan, an Armenian sniper shot Fariz Badalov, a nine-year-old resident of the village of Orta Garvand in the same district”, Ambassador Mehdiyev noted. “He was wounded in the head but died before he reached hospital. We have repeatedly stated that the Armenian side regularly and deliberately violates the ceasefire by attacking and killing not only Azerbaijani soldiers but also civilians residing in the territories adjacent to the front line”.
According to the Ambassador, over the last years, such violations have become more frequent and violent. “My Government strongly protests against yet another hateful and dangerous provocation of the Republic of Armenia. By the intentional killing of an Azerbaijani child and the shameless denial of its responsibility for this odious crime, the Armenian side has demonstrated once again that it feels no remorse for the senseless loss of life of a nine-year-old boy, and that moral and ethical principles of humanity are alien to it”, he added.
Attacks against the civilians are also illustrative of the consistent disrespect by the Armenia of its obligations both under international law and within the ongoing conflict settlement process.
“It is notable that the Azerbaijani child was shot dead three days after the meeting between the Presidents of the Armenia and Azerbaijan, held in Sochi on 5 March 2011, at the invitation of the President of the Russian Federation, to pursue the dialogue between the parties on the settlement of the conflict. The bloody action of the occupying Armenian armed forces against the defenseless”, says the letter.
The Ambassador also pointed out that the killing of a child can in no way contribute to the establishment of confidence between the parties and is yet another solid piece of evidence of the Armenia’s unwillingness to settle the conflict by political means and in a constructive manner.
“My Government expresses its hope for an objective and thorough investigation of the incident that caused the death of Fariz Badalov and for subsequent resolute measures aimed at bringing those responsible for this crime to justice”.
“It is absolutely clear that, for the purposes of lasting peace, security and stability, the Armenia must, in the first place, cease its provocative and hostile policy, put a prompt end to its aggression and withdraw all its armed forces from all the occupied territories of the Azerbaijan, thus enabling Azerbaijani internally displaced persons to return to their homes,” he demanded.
