Discurso do Representante Permanente, Embaixador Sérgio França Danese, em reunião do Conselho de Segurança sobre a Carta de 13 de setembro de 2022 da Missão Permanente da Armênia - 21 de setembro de 2023 (texto em inglês)

Statement by the Permanent Representative, Ambassador Sérgio França Danese, on the Letter dated 13 September 2022 from Armenia
September 21st, 2023

Madam President,

I thank Assistant Secretary-General Jenča for his briefing and France for requesting this meeting. I welcome the participation of the Ministers for Foreign Affairs of Armenia and Azerbaijan.

We deeply regret the rising tensions and the loss of human life, both civilian and military, resulting from violence last Tuesday in Nagorno-Karabakh. Brazil extends its solidarity to the families of the deadly victims and wounded. We deeply regret the fatalities and wounded among Russian peacekeepers. We condemn the resort to unilateral actions. The attacks on populated areas, which resulted in dozens of casualties, including, as I said, civilians and Russian peacekeepers, put at risk the fragile stability achieved after the 2020 ceasefire. We welcome the ceasefire agreed yesterday and urge the parties to strive to safeguard the rights and the security of the civilian population and to avoid further escalation.

Brazil reiterates its support for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Azerbaijan. We understand that the current crisis is part of a dispute that has involved generations and cost the lives of thousands, deepening resentment and mistrust between communities. It is essential, however, to avoid the logic of retaliation that has so often prevailed in the past, as well as to refrain from attempts to alter the political status by force.

We reiterate the call for the full reopening of the Lachin corridor. The civilian population must have unimpeded access to food and medicine and must no longer be subject to interruptions in the supply of energy and basic services. We urge all parties to explore mechanisms to prevent isolation and further tensions and clashes. The delivery of humanitarian assistance by the International Committee of the Red Cross, through both the Lachin corridor and the Aghdam road earlier this week, was a positive sign and should be continued. Only diplomacy and negotiations, based on international law and the principles of the Charter of the United Nations, will bring lasting peace. Brazil recalls the trilateral declaration of 9 November 2020 and reaffirms its support for the mediation efforts by the European Union, the Russian Federation and the United States.

Thank you.