"Referring to the notion of rights and security of “the Armenian people of Nagorno-Karabakh” while talking about the Armenian residents living in the Garabagh region within the peace treaty, containing the terminology purposefully used by Armenia to promote separatism in our territories, is against our territorial integrity and sovereignty," said Aykhan Hajizada as he responded to remarks by Yuri Kim, Acting US Assistant Secretary of State for Europe and Eurasian Affairs at the US Senate Committee on Foreign Relations during Senate hearing dated September 14, APA reports.
"At the same time, this reference is disrespect to the rights of Azerbaijanis expelled from this region as a result of Armenia's policy and action of ethnic cleansing and genocide. We would like to remind the US side that the Armenian residents currently living in the Garabagh region do not represent all segments of the population of this region," he added.