Stepanakert: Baku`s reaction to De Buman`s statement is quite predictable, since Azerbaijan violates any norms of civilization

ArmInfo. The reaction of official Baku to the statement of the chairman of the National Council of Switzerland Dominique de Buhman that the people of Artsakh has the full right to choose their destiny as well as other peoples is quite predictable, since Azerbaijan violates any norms of civilization. This opinion was expressed in a conversation with the correspondent of ArmInfo by the press secretary of the head of Artsakh David Babayan.

The representative of the President of Artsakh reminded that the right of peoples to self-determination is one of the fundamental human rights, one of the key points of the UN Charter. "The Fascist regime of Azerbaijan denies any forms of human rights, and this reaction is no longer surprising, but I believe that the international community, especially the European countries, must draw conclusions, gather such statements into a certain base and then present it to Azerbaijan. such statements, "Babayan concluded. It should be noted that Chairman of the National Council of Switzerland Dominique de Buhman stated at a joint press conference with his Armenian counterpart Ara Babloyan on February 6 that the people of Artsakh have every right to choose their destiny. "This issue should be resolved exclusively within the framework of negotiations, taking into account the UN conventions, the right of peoples to self- determination, together with representatives of the OSCE Minsk Group." The people of Nagorno-Karabakh have the right to choose their destiny, like all other peoples, only in this way can peace and stability be achieved in the region, "the Swiss speaker said. This statement by De Buhman caused Baku's indignation.

The head of the Armenian Foreign Ministry's press service, Hikmet Hajiyev, in particular, stated: "Speaker of the National Council of Switzerland Dominique de Buhman, abusing his official status, made biased statements during his visit to Armenia, which contradict the policy of neutrality of Switzerland, the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.In the translation of the speech of the chairman of the National Council of Switzerland in Yerevan to the internationally accepted language, what he said can be regarded as the segregation and support of racism. He recalled that Buhman visited Nagorno-Karabakh in 2012 without proper notification and thus "violated" Azerbaijani laws. "By this visit and statements made from Yerevan, he is trying to justify Armenia's aggression against Azerbaijan," Hajiyev said.