“Azerbaijan did not use heavy weapons to liberate the city of Shusha, since we highly appreciate the cultural, historical component of the city.” This was stated by the assistant to the President of Azerbaijan, head of the department of foreign policy of the administration of the head of state Hikmet Hajiev at the international conference in Shush on the topic “Development and cooperation in the South Caucasus.”
Hikmet Gadzhiev noted that Shusha occupies a special place in the hearts of Azerbaijanis.
According to him, the Karabakh khanate with a center in the city of Shusha laid the foundations for the formation of Azerbaijanis as a single nation.