Sharmazanov: international instances should begin an investigation on  the facts about the delivery of weapons to Islamic militants in Baku  and the use of white phosphorus at the conflict  zone of Karabakh 

ArmInfo.International community should demand explanations from the Azerbaijani authorities on the facts published by the Bulgarian media about the transfer of arms to 

Syria to Islamic militants and the use of white phosphorus at the zone of Karabakh conflict. Armenian Vice Speaker Eduard Sharmazanov stated  in a conversation with ArmInfo correspondent.

Moreover, he stressed, relevant international institutions should 

initiate an investigation into these facts.  "But for me and those 

who know the policy of Baku, the facts published by the Bulgarian 

media were not a surprise, since Azerbaijan's actions in the Karabakh 

conflict zone are not different from the actions of Islamists in 

Syria and Iraq. The Azerbaijani military as well as Islamists 

mutilate the captives and mock the corpses of the dead adversaries. 

During the April war, the same Azerbaijani military tortured the 

elderly who lived in the Armenian village of Talish, and then killed 

them. It's no secret that in the 90s terrorist groups led by Shamil 

Basayev fought on the side of Azerbaijan against Nagorno-Karabakh, 

and Minsk mediators know about this as well. So, Baku's connection 

with the militants is not new, and we have always stated that 

Azerbaijan is a potential nest of terrorism in the region, 

"Sharmazanov said, stressing that ignoring the international 

community of these facts will contribute to the flourishing of world 

terrorism.

On July 3, Bulgarian edition Trud published an investigation by 

correspondent Dilyana Gaytanjiyeva that, under the diplomatic 

flights, the State Air Company of Azerbaijan Silk Way Airlines made 

350 flights to Syria, delivering weapons to ISIS fighters. According 

to the publication, dozens of tons of weapons were delivered each 

time under diplomatic cover, including for radical Islamists in 

Syria, and, presumably, Kurdish forces. Documents confirming the 

transportation of weapons to Baku were handed over to the Bulgarian 

journalist by hackers acting under the name Anonymous Bulgaria. Among 

them - correspondence between Bulgarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs 

and the Embassy of Azerbaijan in Bulgaria and many other European 

countries, the United States, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and United Arab 

Emirates.  The article also deals with the delivery of white 

phosphorus, which, allegedly, was intended for the National Police of 

Afghanistan. And right after that, in 2016, Azerbaijan accused 

Armenia of using white phosphorus. Armenia denied the accusations and 

stated the falsification of the facts, since the confirmation was 

based only on one unexploded shell, which was found by the 

Azerbaijani soldiers on the front line.  "Meanwhile, according to  

the documents from the Azerbaijani embassy in Bulgaria, ammunition 

with white phosphorus was delivered to Azerbaijan in 2015 for its own 

use of the country, including at the Karabakh conflict zone," the 

publication of the Bulgarian Trud says.