The international declarations regarding this long standing conflict sure paint the Armenians in a different light
Despite the ceasefire, fatalities due to armed conflicts between Armenian and Azerbaijani soldiers continued.
[78] On 25 January 2005, the
Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) adopted
PACE Resolution 1416, which condemned alleged ethnic cleansing against Azerbaijanis.
[79][80] On 15–17 May 2007 the 34th session of the Council of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the
Organization of Islamic Conference adopted resolution No. 7/34-P, considering the occupation of Azerbaijani territory as the aggression of Armenia against Azerbaijan and recognizing the actions against Azerbaijani civilians as a
crime against humanity, and condemning the destruction of archaeological, cultural and religious monuments in the occupied territories.
[81] The 11th session of the summit of the
Organization of the Islamic Conference held on 13–14 March 2008 in
Dakar adopted resolution No. 10/11-P (IS). In the resolution, OIC member states condemned the occupation of Azerbaijani lands by Armenian forces and Armenian aggression against Azerbaijan, alleged ethnic cleansing against the Azeri population, and charged Armenia with the "destruction of cultural monuments in the occupied Azerbaijani territories".
[82] On 14 March of the same year the
UN General Assembly adopted
Resolution No. 62/243 which "demands the immediate, complete and unconditional withdrawal of all Armenian forces from all occupied territories of the Republic of Azerbaijan".
[83] On 18–20 May 2010, the 37th session of the Council of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Organization of Islamic Conference in
Dushanbe adopted another resolution condemning the aggression of Armenia against Azerbaijan, recognizing the actions against Azerbaijani civilians as a crime against humanity and condemning the destruction of archaeological, cultural, and religious monuments in occupied territories.
[84] On 20 May of the same year, the
European Parliament in
Strasbourg adopted the resolution on "The need for an EU Strategy for the South Caucasus" on the basis of the report by
Evgeni Kirilov, the Bulgarian member of the Parliament.
[85][86] The resolution states in particular that "the occupied Azerbaijani regions around Nagorno-Karabakh must be cleared as soon as possible".
[87] On 26 January 2016, the
Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) adopted Resolution 2085, which deplored the fact that the occupation by Armenia of Nagorno-Karabakh and other adjacent areas of Azerbaijan creates humanitarian and environmental problems for the citizens of Azerbaijan, condemned alleged ethnic cleansing against Azerbaijanis and Assembly requested immediate withdrawal of Armenian armed forces from the region concerned.
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