Azerbaijan President Inspiration Aliyevon August 26 Armenia He visited the city of Lachin, which was liberated from the occupation. In the statement made by the Presidency of Azerbaijan, it was stated that President Aliyev visited the province of Lachin and examined the construction of the 2 thousand 400 meters long tunnel that will go to Lachin International Airport and hoisted the Azerbaijani flag to the center of the city of Lachin.
“LAÇIN’S Liberation Will ALWAYS REMAIN IN HISTORY”
Aliyev said, “We have taken back the city of Lachin. This is a historical event. Lachin’s salvation will always remain in history. Today, in the city of Lachin, in the center of the city, I raised the Azerbaijani flag. “This flag will fly here forever,” he said.
“IN EVERY VILLAGE AND CITY THERE ARE TRACES OF ARMENIAN VANDALISM”
Stating that Lachin, like all other settlements occupied by Armenia, bears the traces of Armenian vandalism, Aliyev said, “The manifestations of Armenian vandalism exist in every village and every city. The city of Agdam was completely destroyed, as well as all the villages of the city of Gabriel, as well as Fuzuli. In some places, including the city of Lachin, Armenians made illegal settlements, bringing in people of Armenian origin from Armenia and mostly from abroad, Syria and Lebanon. “This is a war crime, it has been recognized as a war crime in all international conventions, and this crime took place before the eyes of the world community,” he said.
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“WE ARE ON THIS LAND AT THE COST OF THE LIVES AND BLOOD OF OUR MARTYRS”
Emphasizing that a large part of the city of Lachin was completely destroyed and destroyed, President Aliyev said, “However, illegal settlements were carried out in some places. The world community, including the Minsk Group Co-Chairs, who are directly involved in this issue, simply ignored it. However, they saw that our historical, ancient Azerbaijani land, Lachin, was Armenianized and illegal settlements were made here. But they ignored it as if they had accepted it. We, the people of Azerbaijan, can never agree to this. I always said that we could never allow a second Armenian state to be established on our land. Thanks to our heroic soldiers and officers, we are on this land today at the expense of the lives and blood of our martyrs.”
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“ARMENIA DOES NOT WANT PEACE, STILL LIVING WITH REVENGETING IDEAS”
Stating that the Second Karabakh War resulted in the complete defeat of Armenia, Aliyev said, “The Second Karabakh War resulted in the complete destruction of the Armenian army and the victorious Azerbaijani army liberated its own lands from occupation. Finally, we thought this would be a lesson to them. Because the Armenian army was completely destroyed. A country with 10 thousand fugitives during the war has neither physical nor moral war power. We offered them peace right after the war. This is perhaps one of the rare events in the history of world warfare. Let our lands be occupied for 30 years, our people live in pain, our historical and religious monuments destroyed, our cities destroyed, more than a million mines laid, but despite all this, we offered peace. However, we still see that Armenia does not want peace and lives with vengeful ideas. We offered to start the process of setting boundaries. They extended it over a period of about a year. Now, although this process has begun, it is purely a formality, there is no negotiation, no discussion about maps. We have prepared all the maps. Both 20th century maps and previous era maps. Studies to determine the borders should be carried out according to these maps,” he said.
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“WE WILL BRING BOTH THE RAILWAY AND THE HIGHWAY TO THE ARMENIAN BORDER AT THE END OF 2023”
Emphasizing that Azerbaijan has submitted 5 basic articles to Armenia for the signing of the peace agreement with Armenia, Aliyev said, “They accepted this verbally, but we cannot see it in practice. Another distraction tactic. According to the capitulation agreement signed by Armenia on November 10, 2020, the Armenian Armed Forces had to withdraw from Karabakh. They are still not fully drawn. Armenia was supposed to provide a corridor enabling the unification of the main part of Azerbaijan and the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic. To date, neither a corridor has been given nor the route of the corridor has been specified. They didn’t do any work. We built a railway line up to Zangilan. We built the road to Zangilan. At the end of next year, we will bring both the railway and the highway to the Armenian border. But nothing is being done on the territory of Armenia and they apparently do not want to do anything. They’re still stalling,” he said.
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“NO CALL, NO STATEMENT, NO INITIATIVE CAN STOP US”
Stating that more than 1,400 new mines were laid by Armenia in Lachin alone, Aliyev said, “These mines were buried in 2021, that is, after the war. This is a clear terrorist act against Azerbaijan. After the war, more than 240 Azerbaijani citizens were either killed or seriously injured as a result of the mine explosion. So the war against us continues, our people are dying. We have repeatedly warned Armenia to put an end to this dirty work. As a result, when another provocation was made against us on September 13, the Azerbaijani army responded and the enemy learned its lesson again. I hope this teaches them a lesson. Because they saw that no one and nothing could stop us. No call, no statement, no attempt can stop us. We are on our land and we protect our land. Our positions on the border allow us to anticipate any Armenian provocation and take the necessary measures. We are conveniently located on the Azerbaijan-Armenia border, from Mount Murov to the Araz River. “These positions give us both a military advantage and control over a large area, including control of important communication lines,” he said.
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“WE WANT TO SIGN A PEACE AGREEMENT”
Expressing that they lost martyrs in the clashes that broke out on the Azerbaijan-Armenia border on September 13, Aliyev said, “May Allah have mercy on all our martyrs. God bless our veterans. May Allah give patience to the relatives of our martyrs. But let them know that the martyrs rose to martyrdom for the sake of the country. We don’t want war, we didn’t. That’s why we’ve been at the negotiating table for nearly 30 years. That’s why we want to sign a peace agreement with Armenia after the Second Karabakh War.
“ARMENIA MUST THINK”
President Aliyev said that if Armenia’s provocations against Azerbaijan continue, it will receive a decent response and said, “Today, Armenia should think well. No one can speak to us in ultimatum language and they should not trust anyone. I want to say once again that no one and nothing can stop us. We protect and restore our right, justice and territorial integrity based on international law. I would like to say once again that I am proud to fly our flag in the center of Lachin. This flag will fly here forever. We will live here forever. Long live Lachin. Long live Azerbaijan,” he said.
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