YEREVAN. May 29 (Interfax) - The recognition of Azerbaijan's territorial integrity by Armenia does not allow Baku to pursue any ethnic purges against the residents of Nagorno-Karabakh, the Armenian Foreign Ministry said.
"The recognition of Azerbaijan's territorial integrity cannot be interpreted as the right to conduct an ethnic purge against the population of Nagorno-Karabakh. The Republic of Armenia draws the attention of the international community to the fact that by his statement, the Azerbaijani president is setting the stage for further aggression against the population of Nagorno-Karabakh and depriving it of the right to live freely, safely and decently in its homeland," the Armenian Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Monday.
"Not only does [the Azerbaijani president] threaten Nagorno-Karabakh's population with genocide, he also calls into question the independence and territorial integrity of Armenia," it said.
"Essentially, the Azerbaijani president poses a challenge to the entire civilized community, threatening to use force to occupy new sovereign territories of Armenia. Furthermore, [we] emphasize that even the presence of an EU monitoring mission along the international frontier between Armenia and Azerbaijan cannot stop Azerbaijan's ambitions to satisfy territorial claims on Armenia," it said.
Armenia is unwavering in its chosen path towards establishing peace in the region, the Armenian Foreign Ministry said.