Ilham Aliyev replied to Pashinyan’s proposal: “This is manipulations”

“You mentioned your visit to Armenia and the Epistle of the world from the Armenian leadership. We heard these statements throughout the entire period of occupation. But they were not sincere. We also wanted peace, but wanted to return our lands. They wanted peace , without returning the land. The whole difference is. So I had to solve the conflict with power and then political means. I believe that their current conversations about the world are manipulation. Because if they really wanted peace, they would have responded to our proposal. We proposed to start negotiations on a peaceful agreement immediately after the end of the war. It is rarely in world history a country whose territory has been under occupation for many years, by force restores justice, and after the victory and expulsion of the enemy, it offers peace. We proposed the world, despite the destruction and devastation of Armenia our territories and the suffering of Azerbaijanis, ”said Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev at a meeting with a delegation of the European Union, led by a special support for countries Eastern partnership Dirk Shubel, the official website of the head of state reports.

Further, the head of the Azerbaijani state expressed the decisive position of Azerbaijan: “We proposed the world and a kind of framework version of the known principles. We proposed creating a division commission. We tried to determine the basis for normalizing relations. Armenia was very fluctuated at the initial stage of this process. And now they talk about the world, but we do not understand what the world means for them. However, our position is very clear. This has been discussed many times before the public, including during my contacts with the leadership of the European Commission and the leaders of the countries that are now now They participate in the process of normalization, that is, the United States and Russia. We should have two ways: the process of normalizing Azerbaijani-Armenian relations, as well as issues relating to the Armenian minority in Azerbaijan, Karabakh from the point of view of rights and security.

Just yesterday I had a telephone conversation with Secretary of State Blinken. We talked about it again. We perfectly understand that there should be two ways and do not mix them. However, statements that sound in Armenia are very contradictory. They say that they recognize our territorial integrity and sovereignty. Not only they say, but also sign documents in Prague and Sochi. This means sovereignty over our entire territory. We all understand what sovereignty is. At the same time, they want to include issues related to the Armenian minority in Azerbaijan in a peace agreement. It will not happen. It’s impossible. We will not agree to this. Therefore, we need a completely clear position of the Armenian government regarding its agenda. Recently, I said that if they want peace, we will want peace. If they do not want peace, then this is their choice. For thirty years we have no peace, and Armenia should not forget how it ends. “