US Department of State: "Azerbaijan should return prisoners of war immediately"
"The United States is concerned about the recent events on the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan, including the capture of several Armenian soldiers by Azerbaijani troops."
The statement came from the US State Department.
"We call on both sides to resolve this incident urgently and peacefully. We also continue to call on Azerbaijan to release all prisoners of war and other prisoners immediately and remind Azerbaijan of its obligations under international humanitarian law to treat international prisoners humanely.
The United States considers any action that crosses the undefined parts of the international border between Armenia and Azerbaijan to be provocative and unnecessary. We reject the use of force to demarcate the border and call on both sides to return to their previous positions and to stop the military consolidation and demining of the unmarked border.
In particular, we call on Azerbaijan to move its forces to the positions they held on May 11. We also call on Armenia to redeploy its forces to the positions they held on May 11 and welcome the statements of intent in this regard. These actions will reduce tensions and create space for a peaceful negotiation process to urgently demarcate the border. The United States stands ready to assist in these efforts.
"The United States calls on the parties to return to substantive talks as soon as possible under the auspices of the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs to achieve a lasting political solution to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict," the statement said.
PS If the United States is so worried about Armenian captives, then when Armenia occupied 28 percent of Azerbaijani lands for 28 years, one million people became refugees and displaced, thousands of people are still in Armenian captivity and did not implement four UN Security Council resolutions as co-chairs of the Minsk Group. , why worry now ?!
Let the United States worry about hell !!!
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