“In my statements you will never find signs of territorial claims. What I meant is the historical truth. The historical fact is that in 1920 the Soviet government decided to tear off the inseparable part of Azerbaijan – Zangezore and To attach it to Armenia. And this decision was fulfilled. This happened in 1920 – 101 a year ago. When I talked about our historical lands, I did not tell about territorial claims. You will not come across this in my performance. ” This was announced by the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev in an interview with France-24 TV channel, responding to the question of territorial claims, in particular the capital of Armenia – the ancient Azerbaijani city of Yerevan.
“We need to know our story. The younger generation should know our ancient history, in what territories we lived and how to return there. I am sure that we will return there. I have already said that we will go there not on tanks, but walk, on cars and aircraft.
Why would we not return there, if after normalization the situation will be achieved by a peace treaty? This is our legitimate right. But responding to your question, I have to draw the attention of viewers to the fact that Armenia has territorial claims to Azerbaijan.
They still claim that “Nagorno-Karabakh” belongs not to us. They still believe that he belongs to Armenia, or is an “independent” structure. There are no units under the political and geographical map of Azerbaijan called “Nagorno-Karabakh”. This structure does not exist. Thus, Armenia must first refuse territorial claims to Azerbaijan and behave well. And we will show an adequate attitude, “said the President.