MFA of Armenia Urges Azerbaijan to Demonstrate Political Will in Assessment of the Mass Atrocities Committed in Sumgait

We condemn any attempts to speculate on issues related to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, particularly the tragedy of Sumgait, in the context of addressing domestic political issues, is said in the statement of the MFA of Armenia's spokeperson Anna Naghadlyan on the speach of the President of Azerbaijan, delivered on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the city of Sumgait.

"Sumgait pogroms have been well documented, and Azerbaijan's distortion of the facts is a dangerous manifestation of denial that incites and advocates hatred towards Armenians and genocidal tendencies. Mass atrocities and ethnic cleansing committed against the Armenians,  and the lack of condemnation and moreover justification of massacres in Baku, Kirovabad, Maragha, Talish and elsewhere, government-fueled anti-Armenian rhetoric, glorification of Ramil Safarov and other murderers of Armenians; all these undermine confidence building and damage the peace process.