ArmInfo.Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev again spoke about any means for the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
Thus, Aliyev, at a meeting with representatives of the public and artists from the Agdam region, once again assured that Azerbaijan from a military point of view is a powerful state not only in comparison with Armenia, but also on a global scale. He pointed to the intention to further build up military power, expressing the conviction that this is one of the most important factors for negotiations. "Unfortunately, the norms of international law are completely ignored. We will achieve what we want. We demand justice. We demand that our historical lands be freed from invaders, and they will be freed. The Azerbaijani state will continue to take all necessary measures to achieve this sacred goal. I hope that the leadership of Armenia, having correctly analyzed the situation in the region, will soon withdraw its occupying forces. Otherwise, any option is possible and we are ready to any scenario", Aliyev said.
At the same time, he tried to raise the moral and psychological spirit of his own society by praising the events of April 2016, when the armed forces of Azerbaijan launched a large-scale military aggression against Artsakh. Aliyev said that the April battles are the glorious history of Azerbaijan, a great historical victory. At the same time, he assured that in the course of these events, tens of thousands of hectares of territories were liberated. "The April battles are our big victory, a manifestation of the irreconcilable spirit of Azerbaijan.
At the same time, he assured that it was in April 2016 that a "Armenia'і regime "was dealt a powerful blow." I have repeatedly said that the regime of Armenia the criminal junta should be condemned by the entire global community. I said that people who govern Armenia are the leaders of the regime of the criminal junta. Now the Armenian people themselves state this. That is, at present, the Armenian people speak and see everything that we talked about. The changes that have taken place in Armenia this year mean the complete collapse of their aggressive policy, this is first. Secondly, these events indicate that our policy gives results. I have repeatedly said, I want to say today, there is no need to hide it, we will further isolate Armenia from all regional projects, using all means, restore our territorial integrity. The new leadership of Armenia should not repeat the mistakes of the former criminal regime, it should soon through negotiations withdraw the occupying forces and allow the citizens of Azerbaijan to return to their native, historical, ancestral lands. The sooner they understand this, the better it will be for them, for the region. Once again I want to say that we do not intend to put up with such a situation, the norms of international law fully support our position, historical justice is on our side, "Aliyev once again tried to convince his people.
At the same time, the leader of the state with just a century-long history spoke about the age-old centuries- old belonging of Nagorno-Karabakh to Azerbaijan. At the same time, he tried to justify that allegedly, as a result of the chaos, the events that occurred in Azerbaijan in the early 1990s, Armenia, with external support, allegedly managed to conquer some of the Azerbaijani lands, while not mentioning that during these times Karabakh people fought for its existence and independence, and was able to avoid complete extermination. "But two years ago we demonstrated that we could liberate and liberated our lands by military means. As a result of a successful operation we carried out this year in the Nakhijevan direction of the Armenian-Azerbaijani border, more than ten thousand hectares of land passed under our control, including heights of strategic importance. Today we fully control strategic communications, roads, including roads in Armenia, communications leading to Nagorno-Karabakh, "Aliyev said.