BAKU, Azerbaijan, May 25. I believe that there are opportunities to reach a peace agreement, especially taking into account the fact that Armenia officially recognized Karabakh as part of Azerbaijan, President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev said at the expanded meeting of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council held in Moscow,Trend reports.
"Of course, I do not want to open a debate, but since there has been an accusation that we have territorial claims against Armenia, I want to say that we have no such claims. You have to try very hard or have a wild imagination to see territorial claims in my words. As for the word “corridor” that I used, I used the same word for the North-South corridor, just as the same word is used for the East-West corridor.
The word “corridor” is in no way an encroachment on someone's territory. This is an international term, and I think people who are familiar with international terminology would probably not attach the meaning that the Prime Minister of Armenia attaches to it today. As Vladimir Vladimirovich has noted, I believe that there are opportunities to reach a peace agreement, especially taking into account the fact that Armenia officially recognized Karabakh as part of Azerbaijan," President Ilham Aliyev said.