BAKU. March 15 (Interfax) - The Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry has accused Yerevan of lacking interest in normalizing relations with Baku and signing a peace treaty.
"Armenia is not interested in signing a peace treaty, as it is opposed to the provisions ruling out territorial claims on Azerbaijan, presenting its unconstructive approach as ideas of 'international mechanisms' and 'international institute of guarantees'," Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry spokesman Ayhan Hajizadeh said on Wednesday in commenting on remarks Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan made on March 14.
"The fact that Armenia, which refused to negotiate a peace treaty last time in December last year, has resorted to various pretexts to oppose the EU's mediating efforts shows yet again that it intends to continue its practice of obstructing negotiations, which it has pursued for nearly 30 years," Hajizadeh said.
Pashinyan has declared his willingness to sign a peace agreement "mentioning only Armenia's proposals and failing to take into account Azerbaijan's proposals, which again proves his disinterest in the peace process," Hajizadeh said.
"The international community should curb and condemn these destructive actions by Armenia," Hajizadeh said.
"Pashinyan's statement grossly distorting historical facts is a blow to the peace process," he said.
"The anti-Azerbaijani campaign Pashinyan is pursuing by evading obligations he assumed himself and promises he made himself at various international platforms, as well as his rhetoric devaluing peace talks and efforts being made by international mediators bode nothing good for Armenia," he said.
"The accusation leveled at Azerbaijan by Armenia, which has still not honored any agreements and obligations, and the claims that Azerbaijan is fomenting tensions in the border areas are only a step aimed at camouflaging its possible military provocations," Hajizadeh said.
Pashinyan said on Tuesday that Yerevan had received a response from Baku concerning a draft peace treaty.