ArmInfo.Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev no longer conceals his intentions to seize the territories of Armenia, including by using military force. And here the famous proverb "appetite comes with food" involuntarily comes to mind.
And Ilham Aliyev's appetite played out in earnest against the background of both the silence of the Armenian authorities, and the international community, which in other situations so zealously defends the unshakable pillars of democracy. The evidence of Azerbaijan's encroachments on sovereign territories is reflected in the interview of the Baku dictator to Azerbaijan State Television. In it, in particular, Aliyev did not miss the opportunity to amuse his pride and assured that Azerbaijan has achieved and is achieving what it wants both in the military and post-conflict periods, and he has a clear idea of further steps in this direction, and has a conceptual approach.
"Short-term, medium-term and long-term goals have been defined. Of course, not all of these goals have been declared, because it is too early. But we know what we want and what we want right now, what we can achieve and how we can achieve it. We are making all our steps appropriately, and I can say that these 8 months pass according to our scenario, "said the permanent leader of Azerbaijan. Speaking about the prospects of the post-conflict period, Aliyev noted with satisfaction that this period was not as difficult as the military one, however, it was still a very uncertain period. According to him, it was difficult to predict how the processes would develop, since as he put it, "during the war period, some countries openly went against us, unreasonably accused us, threatened us with sanctions, tried to bring this issue to the UN Security Council."
"All this is an integral part of the anti-Azerbaijani scenario, and we have not forgotten about it. In the post- conflict period, we acted promptly, forced to accept our agenda, and now we are working on the basis of this agenda. We forced to accept our agenda as in the territories controlled by the Russian peacekeeping forces and around them. Both in the political plane and on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border. And not a single step was accidental and was taken according to a well-thought-out program, "he said. At the same time, the Azerbaijani leader said that Baku had sent an agenda to Armenia - a peace treaty. "Let him say that he doesn't want, that he refuses: is the war over? Yes, it is over. Armenia, do you want peace? It seems that it does. Then why should not a peace treaty be signed? Recognize our territorial integrity, let a peace treaty be signed, the delimitation will be resolved. Look, our agenda on this issue is in tune with the agendas of the European Union, Turkey and Russia. They also say that work should be done on delimitation. And we say the same. But what does Armenia say? It says, let Azerbaijan leave our lands. We are on our land. We have created a new reality, not only in the Karabakh zone. While shaping the new agenda, the status issue was left aside, and the word Nagorno-Karabakh is not used. This had to be achieved. These are not issues that are resolved by themselves. Thanks to what? courage, decisiveness, correct steps, offensive policy. Earlier I talked about offensive diplomacy, it is in place. But now it is completely offensive policy. And Armenia should reckon with this, accept new realities - whether it wants it or not, "Aliyev said cynically, inspired by the inaction of the international community and the inability or unwillingness of the current government of Armenia to defend its own state and national interests.
He also touched upon the statement of the President of the European Parliament, Charles Michel in Yerevan on the border areas. "Charles Michel called these territories controversial. To be honest, I do not agree with this statement. Because we believe that these are our territories. I believe that this is the territory of Zangezur. And Zangezur is the land of our ancestors, and we are on our territory. ", - said Aliyev, though without specifying when suddenly the primordial Armenian territories became the land of the state artificially created thanks to the Bolsheviks.
He also noted that they invaded sovereign territories in May, and not earlier due to unfavorable weather conditions, and announced his intention to continue to gain a foothold in them. Aliyev also said that roads are being built in the territories that passed to Azerbaijan as a result of large- scale military aggression, the total length of which will be about 700 kilometers. It should be noted that information is circulated in the Armenian media that about 95% of the territory around the Black Lake in the Syunik region of the Republic of Armenia has already been seized by Azerbaijan. The enemy is actively carrying out strengthening work there against the background of the inaction of the Armenian authorities. There is still no refutation of this information by the RA authorities. There is also information circulating that the current authorities of the country intend to sign a peace agreement with Azerbaijan in December this year.