BAKU, Azerbaijan, Nov. 9
Trend:
Today their [Armenian] opportunities to compromise are shrinking because we are getting those territories back by force. Our compromise is still on the table. But it is not 100 percent sure that it will be on the table if we take all these territories back. Then, what will we talk about, President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev said in an interview to the BBC News, Trend reports.
“I cannot offer compromise when other side just is not willing to compromise. During these times Armenian prime minister also on several occasions was interviewed by foreign journalists, and he was asked. There was one program on Russian TV, they were asking same questions to me and to him. And when I was asked about compromise I said what I am saying to you. When he was asked about compromise three times he said self-determination for Armenians in Nagorno-Karabakh. But this is not a compromise. What compromise they are ready to do? And by the way, today their opportunities to compromise are shrinking because we are getting those territories back by force. Our compromise is still on the table. But it is not 100 percent sure that it will be on the table if we take all these territories back. Then, what will we talk about? So, for the Armenian prime minister for him, for his own sake, the best thing is now to listen to me and to say publicly ‘we liberate Aghdam, Kalbajar, and Lachin’. And we stop, and there will be a ceasefire, and if they don’t violate it again, and we will come back to those issues which you refer to-status, autonomy, cultural autonomy, community, et cetera. But we can be fair and I always fair with our people. Today situation changed therefore, what I offered to them a year ago, two years ago maybe is not valid. But it is premature to talk about it,” the head of state said.