BAKU, Azerbaijan, October 2. On October 2,
2020, President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev was
interviewed by Al Jazeera TV channel.
Development presents the interview:
Correspondent: President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev,
thanks for speaking to Al Jazeera.
President Ilham Aliyev: Very glad to see
you.
Correspondent: It’s been 20 years for the reason that current
battle between Armenia and Azerbaijan has begun and also you’ve been
by numerous ups and downs however no peace has been succeeded so
far. Why has this battle been dragging for therefore lengthy?
President Ilham Aliyev: The principle purpose is that
Armenia doesn’t need peace. They need to hold our lands below
occupation ceaselessly. They don’t need to change the established order and
this can be a purpose why it lasted so lengthy. As a result of in any other case, if
Armenia demonstrated a very good will and acted in compliance with the
resolutions of essential worldwide organizations the battle would
have been resolved a few years in the past. As a result of again in 1993, when
Armenia occupied a part of our territories UN safety council
adopted 4 resolutions demanding instant, full and
unconditional withdrawal of their troops from our territories. However
these resolutions stay on paper. Minsk group which was created in
order to facilitate, to search out the answer, already is in exercise
for 28 years, and in addition with none outcomes. Subsequently, the principle
purpose is that they mentioned the place of Armenia, the second purpose is
that lack of insistence from the aspect of the mediators and lack of
strain on Armenia to start out demanding resolutions of United
Nations Safety Council. On many events, I raised this subject
and was saying that worldwide sanctions have to be imposed on
Armenia to pressure them to adjust to resolutions and to start out
liberation of our territories however my appeals weren’t answered
correctly, and now what is going on is a results of Armenia’s
harmful coverage.
Correspondent: So, you say Azerbaijan doesn’t have the
worldwide assist that it deserves primarily based on the worldwide
authorized considerations?
President Ilham Aliyev: From standpoint of
worldwide regulation norms and choices and resolutions of
worldwide organizations, we’ve very broad assist. As I
already talked about UN Safety Council resolutions which is
resolutions of the very best worldwide physique adopted resolutions
asking Armenia or demanding Armenia to withdraw their troops. The
Common Meeting of United Nations did the identical, different
worldwide organizations, like Group of Islamic
Cooperation, Non-Aligned Motion, European Parliament and others
did the identical however it’s not sufficient, so we’ve a authorized framework for
the decision. However there’s not sufficient sensible strain on
aggressor and right here we see the contradiction between worldwide
regulation, and what’s taking place in actuality. So, such an open ignorance
of the norms and rules of worldwide regulation by Armenia, ought to
be a very good indicator that worldwide regulation doesn’t work, or it
works selectively. In some circumstances, as you already know, Safety Council
resolutions are being carried out inside days, if not hours, however in
our case it’s on paper for therefore a few years. So, lack of sensible
strain on aggressor can also be one of many causes the battle lasts
so lengthy.
Correpondent: You could have accused Armenia of beginning the
warfare, this battle truly. Many can argue that Armenia having the
territory it has and victory of the velvet revolution in 2018,
wouldn’t threat beginning an armed battle. What would you
say?
President Ilham Aliyev: Nicely, I don’t know,
what are the explanations for such form of evaluation however what we see
right here, we see what is going on on the bottom. If we have a look at what
Armenia did after so-called revolution, over the last two years,
and what they declare, we are going to see that they have been nearly scary
us, and so they have been aiming at beginning new warfare and the reason being to
disrupt negotiations utterly. They made a number of navy
provocations in opposition to Azerbaijan. On 12 July, they attacked our
villages and our navy positions distant from the area of the
battle, within the space of Tovuz, within the western a part of Azerbaijan,
on Armenian-Azerbaijani border. And it was completely troublesome to
perceive why they did it. They attacked us with the heavy
artillery. The primary victims amongst navy servicemen have been
Azerbaijanis, 4 our navy servicemen have been killed instantly,
and one 76 12 months outdated villager. So, we needed to reply, and after we
responded and so they suffered bitter defeat, they withdrew and
began to plea for a ceasefire after which I mentioned that we shouldn’t have
any navy aims on the territory of Armenia. Subsequently, as
quickly as we pushed them again and so they already realized that it
didn’t work, the clashes stopped. It lasted solely 4 days. Then,
on August 23, the sabotage group which was despatched by Armenian military to
penetrate our territory, and to commit acts of terror was dispersed
as the pinnacle of the sabotage group was detained. And he’s now below
investigation, he provides proof that he was despatched in an effort to
commit terror acts in opposition to our civilians and navy servicemen.
It was not us who did it, it was them. After which what occurred on 27
September is a logical continuation of this coverage. Aside from
that, in the event you have a look at what they’ve declared, what they’ve
acknowledged, it’s additionally completely clear that they have been scary us.
Armenian prime minister a 12 months in the past made an announcement that Karabakh
is Armenia and this assertion makes negotiations completely
mindless. As a result of one of many essential merchandise on the negotiation desk is
the return of the occupied territories to Azerbaijan. And if he
says Karabakh is Armenia and in his understanding Karabakh isn’t
solely former Nagorno-Karabakh autonomous district but in addition all of the
occupied territories, that implies that they don’t need to return
these territories again, which means finish of negotiations.
Correspondent: So why would Armenia threat a
provocation?
President Ilham Aliyev: First, I believe they
needed to destroy utterly negotiation course of. Then they needed
to place a blame on us, as they do it, and say that look, with
Azerbaijan it’s not doable to have negotiations. And I believe one
of the explanations may very well be the inner difficulties. As a result of we all know
what is going on now in Armenia, they endure very severe
political disaster. The chief of essential opposition get together was arrested
two days earlier than they launched an assault. Two former presidents are
below felony investigation, and really dictatorial regime have
been established in Armenia. All the guarantees which their prime
minister was giving after revolution simply are on paper, nothing was
carried out. They’ve one of many worst on the earth per capita
state of affairs with pandemic, so to distract consideration and he managed
to. And now what he’s making an attempt to do to consolidate society in entrance
of the so-called Azerbaijani aggression and to strengthen his
private rule. So, every little thing may be very logical from their level of
view, however they did a really huge mistake, and furthermore, earlier than the
aggression, a number of days earlier than, I used to be talking at UN Common
Meeting, saying that they’re getting ready for warfare and so they have to be
stopped. And that’s what occurred.
Correspondent: You mentioned earlier than that the Armenian
navy should unconditionally withdraw from the territories that
they’ve occupied. What do you purpose for within the area as
Azerbaijan?
President Ilham Aliyev: We?
Correspondent: Sure.
President Ilham Aliyev: We nonetheless hold our
place unchanged. What I’m demanding is totally according to
worldwide regulation, as a result of the entire world acknowledges territorial
integrity of Azerbaijan, and no nation on the earth acknowledges the
so-called “Nagorno-Karabakh Republic”. What I’m saying is
utterly nearly the wording of the UN Safety Council
Resolutions. And they should depart our territory, after which, the
warfare will cease after which the battle will come to an finish. After which,
possibly a while later folks of Azerbaijan and Armenia can once more
stay collectively, in piece. So, that’s our place, and it’s
unchanged, and it’s primarily based on historic reality, it’s primarily based on
worldwide regulation and in addition it’s primarily based on right now’s political and
geo-political realities in our area. I believe Armenian authorities
overestimated their so-called significance on international enviornment,
overestimated the doable worldwide assist to them and made
very severe errors scary us, attacking us and now they’re
struggling the very severe defeat.
Correspondent: Would you settle for going to the negotiation
desk with Armenia’s prime minister Nikol Pashinyan?
President Ilham Aliyev: Truly negotiations
stopped, as a result of after his assertion that Karabakh is Armenia, I
mentioned there isn’t any rule for negotiations however our Minsk group
co-chairs have been making requests to me that Azerbaijan present possibly
extra how one can say understanding, with respect to the truth that
Armenian authorities is new, and possibly they don’t utterly
management their feelings and their phrases. And I mentioned okay. Let’s strive.
We need to discover a peaceable resolution due to this fact, we waited for therefore
a few years and possibly negotiations would have been continued if
not for this distractive method. And after that assertion I had a
assembly with Armenian Prime Minister however they have been completely
meaningless. They have been formal. He was telling me that they don’t seem to be
going to present territories again. After which, what to speak about? If
they don’t need to do this, in the event that they go in opposition to elaborated
rules by the Minsk-Group, which they elaborated for years, and
implies that he destroys negotiations. Negotiations can’t be held
unilaterally. We have to have a companion however, in Armenia thus far we
don’t have a companion for negotiations.
Correspondent: So, can we are saying that Azerbaijan’s
preconditioning for coming to a negotiating desk is that Armenia
withdraws from the occupied territories?
President Ilham Aliyev: Truly, it was
Armenian Prime Minister who put precondition to us. And that, by
the way in which is one other provocation. I believe a number of months in the past he put
seven preconditions to Azerbaijan. Truly, he needed to dictate
his agenda, to us and to the Minsk-Group. And a kind of
preconditions was that Azerbaijan ought to negotiate with the
so-called “Nagorno-Karabakh authorities”. And never solely we but in addition
Minsk-Group rejected it. As a result of it adjustments utterly the format
of negotiations, which was elaborated for greater than twenty years.
And negotiations are going down between Armenia and Azerbaijan.
So, he places precondition on us and we rejected it. And the rationale
why he did it was once more, he needed negotiations to cease and hold
the established order unchanged. So far as we’re involved, we’re at all times
prepared for negotiations. We by no means rejected it, we had troublesome
instances in negotiation course of in earlier years. Not every little thing was
going easily. However, with the earlier Armenian leaders we had a
course of. And we have been elaborating the so-called step-by-step
method. In any other case, we wouldn’t have been on this course of for therefore
a few years. It was not ineffective time. I believe we’ve made a really
huge progress. I’m on this course of since 2003, and I labored with
two earlier Armenian presidents and we made progress. It was not
simple, we had after all huge number of use however we have been making step
by step progress and we elaborated what we’ve now. And after
Pashinyan got here to energy, he not solely destroys every little thing earlier than
him, and he needs to faux that Armenia earlier than him didn’t exist
and he’s now the creator of latest Armenia and he destroyed all of the
elaborated rules. Subsequently, full duty is on him and
his authorities. And by the way in which, cheap folks in Armenia
perceive it. They have been already making statements alarming
Armenian inhabitants that this individual leads their nation to
disaster. It’s not a means how one can behave on negotiations, it’s
not a means how one can provoke Azerbaijan. One other provocation was the
so-called inauguration of the so-called chief of Nagorno-Karabakh
within the historic Azerbaijani metropolis of Shusha. No different so-called
“Nagorno-Karabakh chief” did that. Why he did it. So as to
insult the emotions of Azerbaijanis. Then, they determined to maneuver the
so-called parliament of “Nagorno-Karabakh” from Khankandi to
Shusha. Why? One other insult on Azerbaijanis. They freely resettle
Armenians from Lebanon to the occupied territories, exhibit it
on TV which is a brutal violation of Geneva Conference, in an effort to
exhibit their hatred to us. Every thing what he did was to
destroy negotiation course of. Subsequently, now when they’re pleading
for negotiations, when Pashinyan calls world leaders many instances and
is complaining about Azerbaijan, I believe these leaders ought to inform
him it was you who destroyed negotiations. It was you who provoked
Azerbaijan. It was you who insulted the emotions of Azerbaijanis.
Subsequently, you have to be liable for that. And Armenian folks
and I made an enchantment a few days in the past to Armenian folks. They
ought to make him liable for that. We don’t have an issue with
Armenian folks, they’re our residents, we’ve hundreds Armenians
dwelling in Azerbaijan, and those that stay in Nagorno-Karabakh space
we additionally take into account them our residents. And we invite them to stay
along with us as many different nationalities and ethnicities who
stay in Azerbaijan. Subsequently, Armenia ought to chorus utterly
from these provocative statements. They need to make new statements
that Karabakh isn’t Armenia, after which, we are going to see.
Correspondent: So, inside this impasse, political
impasse, would a Russian mediation work for
Azerbaijan?
President Ilham Aliyev: Russia is without doubt one of the
nations which is a mediator together with United States and France,
and through my involvement on this course of for 17 years all 3
nations have been equally concerned within the course of. And there was and
there’s a fairly a excessive degree of coordination within the course of. Of
course, Russia has a particular place, as a result of it’s a neighbor to
Azerbaijan, neighbor to the area. It doesn’t have a state border
with Armenia, however nonetheless, Russia is a rustic which
Azerbaijan and Armenia have good relations and historic
relations. Subsequently, after all, their function, their – I might say
functionality to mediate are a lot increased as a result of goal causes from
those that are located distant from the area and possibly not
utterly know what was taking place right here over the last many years.
Subsequently, we expect that three nations ought to proceed to work
collectively if all of them hold neutrality. That is necessary. And we
are involved that simply latest days we see some statements which
are counter-productive and that are demonstrating a form of a
change within the place in neutrality. Each nation can have its
place, it’s regular. However if you’re mediator in such a delicate
subject, you need to act on this capability. If you wish to act in your
nationwide capability, after all, however then you need to step down from
the Minsk Group co-chairmanship and say no matter you need accuse
whomever you need, ship tales about what occurred which has no
proof and naturally, no person would object. However if you’re a mediator
it’s important to be impartial. It’s important to be a mediator, in any other case
mediation won’t be acceptable by us.
Correspondent: So, there are calls from the
worldwide group for a ceasefire. However given the most recent
statements by each Azerbaijan and Armenian aspect are you selecting to
ignore worldwide requires a ceasefire?
President Ilham Aliyev: No, we aren’t
ignoring. However ceasefire can’t be achieved unilaterally. I’m simply
making an attempt to ship the message to these leaders who known as me throughout
as of late saying that it was not Azerbaijan who began it. We had
to defend ourselves. If we didn’t reply this time the way in which we
did, right now we might have had a whole bunch of victims amongst civilians.
We nonetheless have so much. This morning I acquired data we’ve 19
victims amongst civilians, two of them are kids. We’ve got 54
wounded folks amongst civilians. And we’ve greater than 300 homes
broken or utterly demolished by Armenian artillery. They usually
assault our villages, they assault our folks, they have been to kill as
many Azerbaijanis as they will. They began yesterday to make use of lengthy
distance missiles from the territory of Armenia. Thus, they make
this weapons which they use a professional goal for Azerbaijan. And
we’ve to destroy these targets after which they’ll accuse us that
we assault Armenian territory. They need it. They need to invite
third events to the battle that these events defend themselves
and supply for them one other 30 years of unlawful occupation.
Ceasefire okay, however on what situations? Circumstances have to be that
they withdraw from the territories. I mentioned simply two days in the past, let
them begin withdrawal, allow us to have the timetable for withdrawal,
allow them to undertake severe obligations proved by mediators and the
ceasefire and in addition, obey the ceasefire regime and naturally we are going to
additionally do the identical. Why ought to we want this navy conflict? We want
our territories again by peaceable means and we demonstrated for 28
years our willingness to have peaceable settlement. Throughout this 28
years there have been instances of clashes and the largest is now.
There was one other one 4 years in the past. So, that’s our level and I
assume it’s completely cheap considering what I mentioned
about political and navy provocations from Armenia.
Correspondent: So, once we have a look at the most recent battle,
Azerbaijan navy gained some advance and took again a few of the
villages across the Fuzuli district does it imply that Azerbaijan is
not going to withdraw from these areas that they’ve regained
management?
President Ilham Aliyev: No, after all not.
As a result of these areas belong to us. These areas the areas of our
historic land, these areas are the place our folks lived for hundreds of years
and so they have been occupied and destroyed by Armenians. There are
photos in web of what occurred to Fuzuli what occurred to
Aghdam, what occurred to different cities and villages of Azerbaijan in
the southern-eastern a part of the occupied territories. There are
additionally destructions within the districts of Lachin and Kalbajar the place
that they had some unlawful settlements. However not as heavy as on this
space. Subsequently, it’s our land, we regained it. We regained it by
pressure, we regained it giving our victims. we are going to by no means step again
from them. We are going to depart there, our individuals who have been forcefully
deported from these territories right now they stay with one dream,
with one purpose, for nearly 30 years to return. I can let you know there
was a really illustrative instance when in April 2016 we liberated
a part of the territories and gained on account of the Armenian
aggressions we launched a counter-attack. And one of many villages
which was destroyed by Armenians and Azerbaijanis couldn’t return
there as a result of Armenians’ positions have been on the mountains. We constructed
for refugees the brand new village and even those that by no means noticed that
land, those that have been born after, all of them returned to Jojug
Marjanli. I mentioned Jojug Marjanly is an emblem of our dignity, a
image of our will, Jojug Marjanly is an emblem of our return, and I
mentioned our return begins now. So, I’m positive that each one those that have
been deported from these territories will return. There may be nowhere
to return. As a result of every little thing is destroyed. Every thing. Not a
single constructing, every little thing was destroyed and naturally, we are going to
assist we are going to rebuild the cities. We are going to rebuild the villages. We
will return their preliminary names as a result of Armenians dedicated a
cultural genocide in opposition to us. They destroyed all of the mosques on the
occupied territories. They hold pigs and cows within the mosques, thus
insulting the emotions of all of the Muslims. They modified the names
of our cities, modified the names of our villages. All of the names
will return. We are going to return to our lands. That is our professional
proper, this can be a historic process for us and I’m positive we are going to
succeed.
Correspondent: The Caucasus area is a really advanced
one. Not solely when it comes to geography, but in addition in relation to
tradition, ethnicity and social constructions. Do you consider in
peoples’ rights to self-determination?
President Ilham Aliyev: You realize, that is the
level which Armenian propaganda typically makes use of. Thus making an attempt to mislead
the worldwide public opinion, which after all broadly peculiar
folks, they don’t seem to be specialists within the worldwide regulation. However
there are very clear identification of the fundamental rules of
worldwide regulation, which have the reflection within the Helsinki Last
Act. Precept of territorial integrity is prevailing,
self-determination is without doubt one of the necessary rules of
worldwide regulation. But when we return to UN Constitution, if we return
to Helsinki Last Act, we are going to see that self-determination ought to
not injury territorial integrity of the nations. And different
necessary level, the territorial integrity of the nation can’t be
modified by pressure, and can’t be modified with out an settlement of the
folks of the nation. Subsequently, within the case of Nagorno-Karabakh
battle after all, self-determination isn’t working the way in which how
Armenians need to do it. And one other argument, Armenian folks
already self-determined themselves. They’ve impartial Armenian
state. At present Armenians stay in every single place. They stay in France, they
stay in America, they stay in Russia, they stay in Center East, let
them ask for self-determination in these nations. What could be
response of authorities of these nations if Armenians would ask
the land which doesn’t belong to them and ask this land solely
as a result of they now turned majority? Their techniques which they use for
many-many years to come back, to ask for assist, to ask for land, and
then to start out altering the historic id of the territory,
making faux information about their so-called historic historical past, and demand
these lands for them. These nations which need to give
self-determination to Nagorno-Karabakh, allow them to give a part of their
land to Armenians from Nagorno-Karabakh, take them and provides
self-determination there. I might see what might be their
response.
Correspondent: The way in which I believe we’ve proper now you
have the Russians, Iranians, Turks, the French and the People
signaling considerations over the battle. Might this battle ever
turn out to be a regional one?
President Ilham Aliyev: I don’t assume so. I
assume there isn’t any floor for that and we’re strongly in opposition to this
battle, to remodel right into a regional. That’s what Armenia needs
to do. Subsequently, they create faux information about some exterior assist
to Azerbaijan. However on the identical time, they’re asking for exterior
assist for themselves. That’s why I’ve the emotions that the
essential goal now once they endure a really severe defeat on the
battle discipline, they need to make this battle regional however I’m
positive that the nations which you talked about won’t ever permit it to
occur. As a result of safety in our area is within the pursuits of all
the regional nations and amongst these nations which you point out
– Turkey, Russia, Iran are regional nations. Different nations they
don’t have anything to do right here within the area. And they don’t seem to be regional
nations. They’ve the mandate, to facilitate the negotiations
as a result of that occurred in 1992. We’re not accountable, me
personally for this composition of the Minsk-Group. If we determined
right now concerning the composition of any Contact Group which might
facilitate peace, after all composition would have been utterly
completely different. I don’t need now to specify, however some nations would
not have place in these group due to their biased conduct. So,
we have to do every little thing, particularly the regional nations, to
keep away from the battle, to not intrude in any sense to the
battle and provides the sign to Armenia: Cease occupation! Cease
occupation after which you will notice the advantages. Then you’ll
combine with the regional financial, investments, power,
transportation initiatives, which Armenian management for a few years
disadvantaged Armenians from due to this aggression. So we have to
do every little thing that this battle stops as quickly as doable, the
decision is discovered as quickly as doable. We’re not within the place
to hearken to statements or cease it and we are going to work, we are going to
negotiate, we are going to assist. We heard it many instances, we don’t have time
to attend one other 30 years. The battle have to be resolved now. These
who need to assist Armenia, their so-called shut companions, allow them to
assist by telling them ‘depart the territories’, ‘exhibit your
will’, ‘cease firing’, inform that ‘right now or tomorrow just one week I
will depart Aghdam, ‘subsequent time, subsequent week I’ll depart Fuzuli, subsequent
week I’ll depart Kalbajar’ and so on. and we are going to cease. So, this can be a
particularly reasonable place, this can be a place aimed toward peace not at
warfare.
Correspondent: What about Armenia’s claims that Ankara
is militarily concerned on this battle with their planes
and so on.?
President Ilham Aliyev: It is a false
data, it has no proofs, I already made statements about
that. Turkey is our brotherly nation from the very first day of
Armenian assault, from the very 1st hour, Turkey expressed its full
assist to Azerbaijan. My brother, president Erdogan many instances
made crucial statements. And yesterday talking on the
opening session of the parliament he made one other crucial
statements that Turkey is subsequent to Azerbaijan, and Azerbaijan isn’t
alone. We really feel the assist we’re very grateful to our Turkish
brothers and president, and different officers. However Turkey in no different
means is concerned within the battle. One of many Armenian faux information
which now isn’t any longer within the media, was that Turkish F-16
shot down Armenia’s SU-25. That is faux information. The place are the proofs?
No proofs. Each aircraft, which lands and takes off is within the
laptop. Everyone can see what is going on. And I’m wondering why?
Minsk Group co-chair nations France, United States, Russia they
don’t touch upon that. They don’t touch upon this faux information, some
of them touch upon different faux information that Azerbaijan with Turkey
invited terrorists right here.
Correspondent: That is what I want to ask Mr.
President Armenia additionally accuses Turkey for transferring Syrian
opposition fighters to Azerbaijan.
President Ilham Aliyev: That is faux information.
Completely. The identical faux information as they mentioned that Turkish F-16 shot
down the SU-25. The SU-25 had an accident I used to be knowledgeable, it hit
the mountain due to unexperienced pilot.
Correspondent: However they are saying that they’ve
proof
President Ilham Aliyev: Allow them to present it. The place
is proof? Not solely Armenia, sadly President of France I
heard yesterday made an announcement about that and he known as me on the
twenty seventh within the night and I mentioned it’s improper, it’s false. And he
made the statements with none proof. Let him give us proof.
Let him give us proofs. Solely phrases? We are able to additionally say many phrases. However
we don’t. We behave in a accountable means. There may be not a single
proof of any international presence in Azerbaijan. What we do, we do
ourselves. We’ve got succesful military. We’ve got sufficient folks in our military,
we’ve sufficient folks in our reserves. I introduced a partial
mobilization, which can permit us to contain tens of hundreds of
reservists. If needed, so we don’t want it. Armenia wants it,
as a result of Armenian inhabitants is declining. And it’s only two
million folks. Subsequently, they themselves now recruit folks from
Center East and we’ve evidences and never solely of Armenian origin.
And by the way in which, it doesn’t make any distinction whether or not it’s of
Armenian origin coming from Center East or non-Armenian origin. If
anyone comes from exterior to combat as a mercenary that needs to be
internationally addressed. So, it’s this accusations that
completely groundless, and we reject them, and we demand the
evidences to be placed on the desk.
Correspondent: Will you even be presenting your proof
on the international mercenaries that Armenia brings?
President Ilham Aliyev: We’ve got already some
intelligence data and plus, simply yesterday I used to be proven that
there are movies within the web because the folks from Center East are
sitting along with Armenian troopers and so they have their
uniform, they’ve Armenian nationwide flag, and so they sit collectively
and focus on, you already know it’s with out voice. However it’s sufficient I
assume. They usually have to be liable for that.
Correspondent: So, might diplomacy ever work or is the
warfare solely resolution for you?
President Ilham Aliyev: I mentioned already.
Diplomacy can work if Armenia will adjust to the worldwide
regulation, will begin instant withdrawal from a part of the territories
on agenda. And naturally we have to restore territorial
integrity of Azerbaijan. By the way in which, once we have been discussing the
points on negotiation desk earlier than this authorities in Armenia got here
to energy, one of many first gadgets was that the battle have to be
resolved on the idea of territorial integrity of Azerbaijan. It
have to be restored. That’s what we demand and I believe we’ve a
proper to demand it.
Correspondent: President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev,
thanks very a lot for speaking to Al Jazeera.
President Ilham Aliyev: Thanks.