Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee Gen. Nadeem Raza said Friday that his forces fully support Azerbaijan’s position in the occupied Nagorno-Karabakh.
Azerbaijan’s Ambassador to Pakistan Ali Alizada met with Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee Gen. Nadeem Raza at the Joint Staff Headquarters in the garrison city of Rawalpindi to discuss matters of bilateral interest and regional security, according to a statement by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) — the Pakistan army’s media wing.
The military chief reaffirmed the brotherly relationship between the two countries and said it is built on strong foundations.
Azerbaijan’s ambassador thanks Pakistan for its support
“CJCSC [Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee] said that Pakistan Armed Forces fully support Azerbaijan’s position on Nagorno-Karabakh, which is in line with the several unanimously adopted United Nations Security Council resolutions,” according to ISPR.
The ambassador thanked Raza for Pakistan’s support for the just cause of Azerbaijan.
“Pleased to call on General Nadeem Raza, the Chairman JCSC of Pakistan & discuss the ways of further strengthening bilateral #military relations between our brotherly countries,” he tweeted following the meeting.
Last week, the Pakistani Foreign Ministry refuted Indian media reports that Pakistan is fighting alongside Azerbaijani forces against Armenia in the occupied Nagorno-Karabakh and termed the reports “irresponsible, speculative, and baseless.”
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The ministry also said it supports Azerbaijan’s position on Nagorno-Karabakh, which is in line with the several unanimously adopted UN Security Council resolutions.
We want & strive only for #Justice!
The justice is that the int/ly recognized Aze/i territories occupied by #Armenia must be liberated & #Armenia has to immediately withdraw its troops from historical lands of #Azerbaijan.
We have nothing against Armenian people. @UN @OSCE pic.twitter.com/qpWeZFC4z6— Ali Alizada 🇦🇿 (@Ali_F_Alizada) October 4, 2020
New clashes erupted on Sept. 27, and since then Armenia has continued attacks on civilians and Azerbaijani forces, leading to casualties.
Relations between the two former Soviet republics have been tense since 1991 when the Armenian military occupied Upper Karabakh, an internationally recognized territory of Azerbaijan.
Azerbaijan’s territory in Nagorno-Karabakh under illegal occupation
Some 20% of Azerbaijan’s territory has remained under illegal Armenian occupation for some three decades.
Four UN Security Council and two UN General Assembly resolutions, as well as many international organizations, demand the withdrawal of the occupying forces.
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The OSCE Minsk Group — co-chaired by France, Russia, and the US — was formed in 1992 to find a peaceful solution to the conflict, but to no avail. A cease-fire, however, was reached in 1994.
Many world powers, including Russia, France, and the US, have urged an immediate cease-fire between Armenia and Azerbaijan in Nagorno-Karabakh. Turkey, meanwhile, has supported Baku’s right to self-defense.
GVS News Desk