Baku, Azerbaijan, June 25
Trend:
St. Petersburg meeting has produced positive results, said Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev June 25.
He made the remarks reviewing the building constructed for servicemen in Khatai district of Baku city.
St. Petersburg hosted a summit of Azerbaijani, Russian and Armenian presidents, Ilham Aliyev, Vladimir Putin and Serzh Sargsyan with participation of the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs June 20.
Commander-in-Chief of Azerbaijani Armed Forces Ilham Aliyev said that Azerbaijan’s army is growing stronger, its material and technical base is strengthening, it is equipped with weaponry, the service conditions in the army are improving and reconstruction work is carried out in military units and military towns.
The president said the army building is carried out in a targeted and planned manner, adding that the military-industrial complex created in Azerbaijan also meets modern standards.
Fighting capacity, moral and psychological climate and spirit of patriotism are very high in Azerbaijani army, said the president, adding that the April fighting also showed that.
Azerbaijan’s army gave a worthy response to Armenia’s April provocation, said President Aliyev and characterized this fighting as a historical victory.
Talking about the significance of even more increasing Azerbaijan’s military power, the president said that the international law doesn’t work regarding settlement of the Armenia-Azerbaijan Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
Nevertheless, Azerbaijan will continue its diplomatic and political efforts, he added.
The commander-in-chief noted that the occupier Armenia always resorts to provocations when it faces increasing international pressure.
The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict should be resolved only within Azerbaijan’s territorial integrity and Azerbaijan won’t allow the creation of a second Armenian state on its territory, added President Aliyev.
Azerbaijan’s president pointed out that the conflict should be resolved stage by stage.
During the Vienna meeting, the conditions put forward by Armenia were not accepted, said the president, adding that the St. Petersburg meeting has positive results.
In conclusion, the commander-in-chief emphasized that the country will continue to pay special attention to army building, adding that the Azerbaijani army is able to fulfil any task.