The President of Belarus at a meeting with the Secretary General of the CSTO Stanislav Zasya paid a lot of attention to the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan and how to solve it, the press service of the head of the Belarusian state said.
In particular, Alexander Lukashenko said that he suggested President Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev “to think about investing in Armenia” in case of resolving the Azerbaijani-Armenian conflict.
“At one time, when, in my opinion, we chaired the CSTO once again, I started this issue. I went to the president of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, talked with him. And asked him a question, well, jokingly:” “” Ilham Geydarovich, Armenia needs to help, if you agree. “And it was about five and a half or six districts – Azerbaijani regions that were, as they stated, captured by Armenians. Armenians admitted that” this is not our land, this is Azerbaijani. ” So return it! And if then, when I offered to do this, these areas were returned, there would have been no war. Ilham Aliyev would not have the motivation to start it. But at the same time, neither Sergey Sargsyan, nor then Nikol Pashinyan did not agree. This question. This question. This question. I raised twice, ”said Lukashenko.
He also said that at the same time he suggested that Ilham Aliyev in the event of a conflict resolve to think about investing in Armenia in order to finally reconcile and demonstrate this to the peoples of the two countries:
– And I then asked Ilham the question: “Listen, well, agree, you have to somehow help Armenia, so that the people see that you have reconciled. A rich man, then it really costs very expensive and so on. Well, how much are you as much as you are Could you invest in Armenia? ” He says at least five billions. And laughed. But the main thing is that they built pipelines. They went around Armenia. And Ilham offered these gas pipelines, oil pipelines through Armenia. He says: “Why should I go to Georgia around Georgia? I will go through Armenia. It is beneficial for us.” And to Turkey and further. Profitable? It was profitable, ”said the President of Belarus.
no. So what? They put the president of Azerbaijan in a corner. He had no other decision, except for the power. It was impossible to pull further. More than a million refugees created tension. This is the essence. And I, as an experienced person in politics, I have passed all this … Well, what to play now? Now it is necessary to finally if you agree to put up. And do not come up with there … Well, you were there. Somewhere in the mountains, as I was told, they share this border. Listen, what mountains?! Agree! Nakhichevan, so that there is free passage. It seems that today they would have decided with the Nagorno -Karabakh. Russia provides this process there. Why kill each other now?! Almost 300 people killed and discuss something else. We must calm down and agree. That’s where my position comes from. From there, from distant times. Ten more than ten years ago. Therefore, I react so hard to this, ”summed up Alexander Lukashenko.