Azerbaijan criticizes Armenia over Karabakh at UN

Addressing the UN General Assembly, Azerbaijan's Minister of Foreign Affairs Elmar Mammadyarov has hit back at Armenian President Serzh Sarkisian over the conflict concerning the Armenian-occupied Azeri territory of Nagorno-Karabakh.

Mammadyarov said that Sarkisian "misuses the noble principle of self-determination to cover up his country's attempts to annex" Karabakh, RFE/RL reported.

Tensions have recently flared up again between Armenia and Azerbaijan, killing over 20 soldiers.

Mammadyarov devoted half of his 10-minute speech to the Karabakh conflict.