Aliyev Admits They Started the War: Armenia's Permanent Representative to the UN Sends Letter to Guterres

A letter sent by Armenia's Permanent Representative to the UN, Mher Margaryan, has been circulated as an official document of the UN General Assembly and the Security Council, drawing the attention of UN member states to the Azerbaijani authorities' attempts to conceal the aggression unleashed against Artsakh and the war crimes committed through distorted interpretations of the right to self-defense and Article 51 of the UN Charter. This information was shared on the Facebook page of Armenia's Permanent Mission to the UN.

In response to the ongoing hate speech and militaristic rhetoric from the Azerbaijani authorities, Ambassador Margaryan emphasizes that in an interview on August 14, the President of Azerbaijan admitted that it was Azerbaijan that started the war in September 2020, attempting to resolve the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict in their favor. This officially confirms Azerbaijan's blatant violations of international obligations and the unleashing of war amid a global pandemic, violating the UN Secretary-General's call to cease hostilities during the global health crisis.