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Azerbaijani army is sufficiently prepared to provide the protection of its people and its territory.

02 October 2020 | 02:00

The President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, gave an interview to the program “60 minutes” on TV channel “Russia-1” on 30.09.2020, in which he talked about the provocation committed by Armenia on the border with Azerbaijan on September 27, and noted that the initiator of the war is Armenia. As a result of military provocation launched by Armenia, the settlements and combat positions of Azerbaijan were subjected to intense artillery fire. As a result of this aggression, 11 Azerbaijani civilians were killed, including 2 children, and there are also dead soldiers. We had to give the aggressors adequate response, to protect our people and our land. As a result of the fighting, Azerbaijani army liberated a number of the settlements from the occupation, as well captured strategic heights in different directions. At present, active fighting is going on. Armenia has been preparing for an attack – for new war for several months. The chronology of their actions and statements clearly shows that they deliberately going into this provocation. Speaking from the tribune of the UN General Assembly, the President Ilham Aliyev said that Armenia was preparing for war and it was to be stopped. They committed armed attack on the settlements on state border in July. This place is far from the conflict zone. Then several soldiers and 1 civilian were killed. The fighting continued for four days. We did not have and do not have military targets on the territory of Armenia. Therefore, immediately after the withdrawal of Armenian armed forces from our lands, the fire was stopped by mutual agreement. Azerbaijan has always demonstrated constructive approach in the negotiations. Over the past two years, Azerbaijan has repeatedly stated that we were committed to the settlement principles developed over the years by Minsk group and its co-chairs, which they consider to be the base for the negotiation process. The essence of the principles developed by the OSCE Minsk group is that the territories around the former Nagorno-Karabakh autonomous region should be given to Azerbaijan. However, Armenian Prime Minister says that “Karabakh is Armenia” and, moreover, he says that negotiations should be conducted with fictional Nagorno-Karabakh regime. Thus, he tries to change the format of the negotiations that has been in place for more than 20 years. This means that Armenia deliberately violates the negotiation process and makes unacceptable demands. There are only two sides to this conflict. Armenia and Azerbaijan. There was an attack on our positions at state border. The co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk group, represented by the heads of state of Russia, France and the USA, have repeatedly stated that the status quo is unacceptable. And it means that occupied territories should be returned to Azerbaijan. Azerbaijan is committed to the negotiations; however, Armenia implements exact opposite actions. Armenia clearly and defiantly declares the relocation of Armenians from Lebanon to occupied territories of Azerbaijan and ancient Shusha city, which is a war crime. It means the violation of Geneva Convention. They do it defiantly. They hold fictional inauguration of fictional head of criminal Nagorno-Karabakh regime in Shusha, which is ancient pearl of Azerbaijani culture. All this means deliberate provocations, involving Azerbaijan in the conflict and provoking retaliatory actions. However, Azerbaijan demonstrated restraint, constructiveness and common sense, and when they failed to implement their intentions, they made such an attempt. Azerbaijan has rightfully taken adequate response measures. There was the news in the information space about the downing of Su-25 combat aircraft of Armenia by Turkish F-16 jet fighter. As the head of state noted, this news has not been confirmed in any way. F-16 aircraft of Turkish air forces are not involved in any way in the combat operations. Nowadays, it is very difficult to hide something, taking into consideration modern technologies. Since there are objective forms of observation, there are satellite observations, and, therefore, it is very easy to verify that this is another provocation. Azerbaijan states with full responsibility that Turkey is not a party to the conflict, does not take part in the conflict in any way, and that it is not necessary. Further, the President of the country touched upon the authority of Turkey in the region and said: “Turkey is the guarantor of the peace in the region. Turkey is fraternal country and an ally. Starting from the first hour when the world community learned about Armenian attack on Azerbaijan, the head of state and other leading officials of Turkey unequivocally expressed support for Azerbaijan and for international law. Because Armenia grossly violates international law by keeping the territory of Azerbaijan under the occupation for almost 30 years. Turkey provides moral support and we thank the leadership of Turkey, the President of Turkey and Turkish People for their solidarity with Azerbaijan and their support. There is no evidence of Turkey's involvement in the conflict. It is not necessary. Azerbaijani army is sufficiently prepared to provide the protection of its people and its territory. Partial mobilization was announced yesterday. Azerbaijan calls for tens of thousands of people in the reserve among 10 million people against Armenia with a population of 2 million. Azerbaijan is able to defend itself and punish the aggressor in such a way that it does not dare to even look in the direction of Azerbaijan.” As our honour President said: "Karabakh is ours, Karabakh is Azerbaijan!"

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