BAKU, Azerbaijan, September 15. The terminology "Armenian people of Nagorno-Karabakh" contradicts the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Azerbaijan, Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry spokesman Aykhan Hajizada said, TurkicWorld reports.

He made the remark, commenting on the anti-Azerbaijani statement voiced at a US Senate hearing by acting US Assistant Secretary of State for Europe and Eurasia Affairs Yuri Kim.

"The reference to the peace treaty's reflection of the rights and security of the 'Armenian people of Nagorno-Karabakh' with respect to the Armenians living in Karabakh contradicts Azerbaijan's territorial integrity and sovereignty, as it contains terminology purposefully used by Armenia to promote separatism in our territories. At the same time, this reference is disrespectful towards the rights of Azerbaijanis who were expelled from there as a result of Armenia's policy of ethnic cleansing and genocide. We would like to remind that the Armenians currently living in Azerbaijan's Karabakh region are not all segments of the population of this region," he noted.