BAKU, Azerbaijan, Oct. 8
Trend:
When we beat Armenia on the battlefield, they called everywhere, they made a plea to everyone - ‘stop Azerbaijan’, President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev said in an interview to Euronews television, Trend reports.
“You know we are not responsible for this outbreak. As I said, we were a subject of a physical attack from Armenian army which is on the occupied territories of Azerbaijan. Aside from that, the current Armenian regime did everything in order to destroy the negotiation process. Exactly one year ago, Armenian PM at the rally in the occupied area of Azerbaijan made a statement that ‘Karabakh is Armenia’ and that statement actually destroyed negotiation process. Because the principles which are on the table and which are the basis for settlement demand the return of the occupied territories to Azerbaijan," he said.
"And when Armenian prime minister says that not a centimeter of land will return to Azerbaijan, when he says that ‘Karabakh is Armenia’, when they organize illegal settlement of foreign people on the occupied territories which is a brutal violation of Geneva Convention, they destroy negotiation process. After that, in order to make us responsible for that, they attack us three times - in July, August, and September. When we beat them on the battlefield, they call everywhere, they make a plea to everyone, ‘stop Azerbaijan’. We want to stop, but we want the occupation to stop. Therefore, the main message should be to Armenia, we are not on Armenian land, we are on our land,” the head of state said.