Azerbaijan files arbitration claim against Armenia

Azerbaijan has filed a lawsuit against Armenia in the Hague Arbitration Court, accusing Armenia of environmental destruction in Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh).

The arbitration claim against Armenia under the Berne Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats was submitted on February 12.

According to Azerbaijan’s Foreign Ministry, “shocking evidence of environmental destruction" has been discovered in Artsakh.

The lawsuit seeks full compensation from Armenia for the "extensive destruction of habitats and species".

Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan recently expressed Armenia's readiness to withdraw its lawsuits from international courts, provided Azerbaijan does the same.