Artsakh’s (Nagorno-Karabakh) State Minister Artak Beglaryan on Wednesday denounced the UK for its blatant support for Azerbaijan amid the latter’s fresh aggression in Artsakh.

Britain's Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Armed Forces James Heappey visited Baku on Wednesday to discuss, among other things, "unresolved issues” between Armenia and Azerbaijan, while the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict was discussed with the Azerbaijani ambassador in the UK.

"What does the UK have to do with Azerbaijan's latest aggression in Artsakh and Russia's security guarantees?" Beglaryan said in a statement.

"We saw Britain's blatant support for Azerbaijan during the Azerbaijani-Turkish aggression in 2020. Even now, during the occupation of Parukh and Karaglukh, Britain does not hide its strategic support, and we can only guess how much and what kind of real support is on the other side of the veil,” he noted.

Beglaryan states such support is aimed at strengthening the positions of the Azerbaijani-Turkish tandem in the region as well as “striking a blow to the vital interests of Russia”, as a result of which the life and security of the Artsakh Armenians are violated.

"While human rights and democracy, “extolled” by the West, are not at all important in such dirty geopolitical games,” the minister added.