“those who want to erase the history of Azerbaijan, they taught that they are heroes, but in fact they are criminals. Shaumyan and others who killed Azerbaijanis and committed genocide. There are other examples. So we want the younger generation to know that Zangezur is the historical territory of Azerbaijan. ” This was said to the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, speaking at a conference titled “New look at the South Caucasus: post-conflict development and cooperation.”
Stressing that Zangezur is an ancient Azerbaijani territory, President Ilham Aliyev said: “Zangezur was transferred to Armenia in 1920, 101 a year ago. Before that, this territory belonged to us. When I say Game, they now call it Lake Sevan. This is the truth. It’s enough to look at the beginning of the twentieth century. On it you will not see Sevan. You will see Game there. The same with Irevan. They destroyed the historic part of the Jezheva. This is an obvious fact that Azerbaijanis lived here, including my ancestors “.
Head of State noted that this is a fact. However, this does not mean that we have territorial claims: “I said yes, we will return there. I did not say that we will return there with a tank. I said that we would return. This means that why not. If We return to the Zangezury corridor, if we use this road, why don’t we return to Yerevan. The time will come, we will do it. I imagine my position. “