BAKU, Azerbaijan, April 29. When we see that sanctions are imposed in other conflicts, we again see the double standards, President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev said addressing the international conference under the motto “South Caucasus: Development and Cooperation”, Trend reports.
"We are very disappointed that not only lack of information causes the improper attitude to the conflict and to the years of occupation, but deliberate manipulation with facts. Because first when we started to face this injustice, it seemed to us that we need to work harder, to present our case, to explain that it is Azerbaijani people who is suffering from occupation, that our lands have been victim of aggression and we thought that after we say that everybody will understand and will be treating it fairly. But, then we realized that no matter what we say, there are strong pro-Armenian groups and sentiments and perceptions and beliefs. No matter what Armenians did throughout the occupation, was never a kind of a subject of any punishment or even any criticism. For many years, I was saying put sanctions on Armenia. It is the only way how to resolve the conflict and the only way how to avoid war. If you don’t put sanctions on Armenia, then they will never leave the territories. Having such strong lobbying positions in the three co-chair countries, having special military and political arrangements with these countries, they will never leave voluntarily. But, unfortunately, it didn’t happen. When we see that sanctions are imposed in other conflicts, we again see the double standards," the head of state said.