We revenged on the battlefield for the fallen in the war. I repeatedly said that their blood would not remain on Earth. So it happened. As reported by AzerTaj, the President of Azerbaijan, the Supreme Commander-in-Chief Ilham Aliyev, was stated at a meeting at the Gulustan Palace with a group of managers and the personnel of the Azerbaijani army on the occasion of the Day of Armed Forces.
“The second Karabakh war ended in a complete victory of Azerbaijan. Every year, noting this holiday, we promised themselves that at all costs to free our native land from the invaders. Today I can say that we celebrate the day of the Armed Forces as a victorious army, as victorious people. This is a historical achievement.
In the centuries-old history of the Azerbaijani people, there was no vivid victory. Mobilizing all the forces, we inflicted crushing strikes on the enemy, defeated it, restored the historical justice and territorial integrity of our country, “said the president.
Ilham Aliyev called the first Karabakh war a big national tragedy of Azerbaijan.
“At the same time, she led to a large humanitarian catastrophe. Our economy was completely destroyed, the industrial potential was destroyed, and there was no economic development and speech. This humanitarian catastrophe put our country on the edge of the abyss,” said the head of state.
“I repeatedly said that the norms of international law do not work. I have repeatedly said that the superpowers perform solutions that are beneficial to them, and ignore solutions that are not beneficial.
We have seen that the norms of international law as if written for small countries. Superstalls can ignore them, and there is no mechanism of execution. Of course, a power factor was released on the fore. A few years before the war, I openly spoke about it in my speeches: we must collect forces, and this question will find their solution by force.
In parallel with this, we had to collect economic strength. I can say that this factor played a leading role in our preparation. Because we clearly understood that without economic independence we would not be able to achieve the desired, “said the president.
President reminded that in recent years he has repeatedly said that we created a strong state. Life confirmed these words, for its centuries-old history Azerbaijan was not so strong as today.