ANKARA, 20 December 2020, (TON): Turkey rejected the resolution on Nagorno-Karabakh adopted by the lower house of Belgian Parliament.

The Spokesperson of Turkish Foreign Ministry Hami Aksoy while responding to a question in writing, said the resolution 1597 related to Nagorno-Karabakh adopted by Belgium’s House of Representative is neither historical nor compatible with facts.

“The resolution 1597 is neither historical, legal, nor compatible with the facts in the field. We reject this decision, which includes baseless allegations and accusations against Turkey,” he said.

Aksoy emphasized that this decision is an obvious example of how the Belgian House of Representatives and some parliaments are becoming tools of one-way Armenian rhetoric, act with prejudices, and remain hostages to narrow interests aimed at domestic politics.

"The decision will not contribute to Turkey-Belgium relations, nor will it serve efforts to achieve peace and stability in the region,” he said.

He added that “such decisions also delay the process of accepting the facts of Armenia and encourage it to avoid taking on its responsibilities”.

“However, the reference to the events of 1915 in the decision of the Belgian House of Representatives to declare December 9 as the day of remembrance of the victims of the genocides, adopted on the same day, is also contrary to the basic principles of law, especially the decisions of the European Court of Human Right (ECHR),” he said.

Aksoy said that he expected Belgium to act with reason and to stay away from taking steps that will overshadow bilateral relations.

The region is internationally recognised as Azerbaijani but has been run by ethnic Armenians since 1994. Although both sides took steps to reduce tensions last year, fighting erupted at the end of September and several attempts to end the conflict failed.

Armenian and Azerbaijani signed a Russia-brokered agreement on November 10 to end the fighting and work toward a comprehensive resolution.

Turkey objects to the presentation of incidents as "genocide," describing them as a tragedy in which both sides suffered casualties and has repeatedly proposed the creation of a joint commission of historians from Turkey and Armenia as well as international experts to tackle the issue.