Armenia has not fulfilled its obligations after the Second Karabakh War, the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan, Elnur Mammadov, said during the public hearings held in the Hague on the preliminary objections raised by Azerbaijan in the case concerning the Application of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) (by Armenia against Azerbaijan) at the International Court of Justice, Ednews informs.

Mammadov noted that Armenia illegally occupied the territories of Azerbaijan between 1991 and 1994, and this was reflected in the 4 UN resolutions: "Armenia has subjected the Azerbaijani population and culture to ethnic cleansing in the country’s previously occupied territories. Azerbaijani territories were illegally occupied between 1991 and 1994 and were kept under occupation for 30 years. This racist and nationalist ideology advocates the unification of all ethnic Armenians within a single monoethnic Armenian state."

The deputy minister added that Armenia has not fulfilled the obligations it undertook after the Second Karabakh War: "Armenia is trying to avoid the obligation to try to solve the problem with Azerbaijan through negotiations before applying to the jurisdiction of the court."