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President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev: â€œIf Armenia lengthens time, negotiations will be endedâ€

21 November 2009 11:10 (UTC +04:00)

Baku â€“ APA. â€œThis injustice cannot be continued. How long will the violation of international law continue? We show good will now. We make concession participating in the negotiationsâ€, said President Ilham Aliyev in his speech during the opening of new settlement for IDPs near Veyisli village of Gornaboy region, APA reports quoting AzerTAC news agency. The president reminded that OSCE Minsk Group was established in 1992 for liberation of Azerbaijani lands from the occupation. â€œThe Minsk Group was not established that to establish second Armenian state in the historic land of Azerbaijan â€“ Nagorno Karabakh. UN Security Council passed four resolutions. There is no other organization in the world above the UN Security Council. If its resolutions are not fulfilled, it means that the Security Council has low influence or the norms of international law donâ€™t work. If it is so let everybody to know its work. If the international law doesnâ€™t work let us to know our work. We donâ€™t violate any law. We are trying to do everything within the law, within the norms of international law. Following that OSCE summits passed decisions, which were not fulfilled. What are we to do? Do we expect? How long? Why Azerbaijani citizens cannot return to their homelands? Why population of Kelbajar cannot return to Kelbajar? It is because Armenians donâ€™t want that. Why? What right they have to do that? These issues had to be solved long ago. We want to solve it via negotiations, peacefully. On the other hand, it is not correct to reconcile with this situation. How long can we reconcile?â€

President Ilham Aliyev said he would meet with Armenian president in the next few days. â€œSometimes these meetings are successful. But Armenian side tries to lengthen the time sometimes. The last meetings didnâ€™t give any result because Armenian side demonstrated non-constructive position. What reason of that? May be they were encouraged by the process of normalization of the Turkish-Armenian relations. It created wrong thoughts for them that the Turkish-Armenian borders will be opened and Karabakh issue will be put aside. But the processes show that it will not take place. Strong position of Azerbaijan and Turkish community, statements and promises by the Turkish leadership show that Turkish-Armenian relations cannot be normalized without solution of Nagorno Karabakh problem. Armenian side should understand itâ€.

The head of state said there was and intensive economic development in Azerbaijan. â€œBut Armenian economy was almost paralyzed. Our economic, political and diplomatic successes and strengthening of defense potential are enhancing our position. But we need in the result. We need that they peacefully leave our lands. Then it will bring a peace. Then nobody will say that why Azerbaijan is strengthening its defense potential? Sometimes we hear from the international forces that why Azerbaijan is armed. It does not concern anyone? We are not armed at the expense of theirs. We are armed at own expense, at the expense of our opportunities. What must we do? What must we do to solve this issue comprehensively and for ever?â€

President Ilham Aliyev informed about the essence of negotiation process. â€œI can say now that first alteration Armenian side agreed is that they will withdraw forces from only four regions, which are located throughout railway along Araz River. Other regions will remain under their control until uncertain time. The negotiation process considers withdrawal from five regions at first and then from Kelbajar and Lachin. But it is not full solution of the problem. We want Azerbaijani citizens to return to Nagorno Karabakh, to Shusha â€“ historic city of Azerbaijan. If it doesnâ€™t take place, the problem will not be solved for ever. We must do so that the agreements will not create background for further undesirable developments. If the agreement doesnâ€™t satisfy us, the problem can be raised and create threat again. I am always telling the Armenian side that you must do so that we can satisfy with the agreement, because if donâ€™t satisfy, the problem will be raised again tomorrow or 10 years laterâ€.

The head of state said new settlements for the internally displaced persons would be constructed in the next years too. â€œBut it is not a solution of the problem. The solution is in the liberation of Azerbaijani lands from the invaders. We do everything necessary to achieve our goals. The work done in the negotiations process, our economic opportunities and army-building make Azerbaijan strong. If we are not strong we cannot solve the Nagorno Karabakh problem, because international interferences donâ€™t give a result. Indeed these interferences have political character. Sometime the international forces calmed down the occupant countries immediately. We saw these events in the history. But the international community didnâ€™t show strong position when the Azerbaijani lands were occupied. Therefore we have to rely on our force and we have to be strong to solve the problem fairly, within the national interests of Azerbaijan and on the basis of international law. I donâ€™t doubt that we will achieve itâ€.

Azerbaijani leader said he would go to the meeting with Armenian president in Munich with his program. â€œThis meeting should play decisive role in the negotiation process. There were several meetings without results. If the next meeting doesnâ€™t give results, our hopes for the negotiations will be ended not leaving other way for us. We must be ready for that. Recent army-building development has is goal. We spend billions of resources to strengthen our army and we purchase new arms, techniques and we enhance our position on the line of contact. We do that because we never rule out this alteration. We have full right to liberate our lands from the occupation and the international law recognizes our right. We want to solve the problem peacefully to prevent the war. But Armenia is wrong if it thinks that we will always participate at the negotiations. The negotiations will last until the end of our hopes. But if Armenian side tries to lengthen the time and to hold endless negotiations, the talks will be ended. There are 30-40-year negotiations in some places. But that situation will not be repeated hereâ€.

President Ilham Aliyev said international, political and diplomatic factors supported Azerbaijanâ€™s position. Decisions of international organizations and UN Charter allow us to liberate our lands from the invaders by military way. We donâ€™t want to interfere in the territory of other country. Everybody knows that present Armenia was formed in the historic lands of Azerbaijan. Khanate of Iravan, province of Zangazur â€“ all these are the lands of Azerbaijan. Iravan was presented to Armenia in 1918. Later they raised territorial claims against Azerbaijan again. They created one Armenian state in the Azerbaijani lands and now they intended to create second one. It is not logical. Azerbaijani people, Azerbaijani state will never allow it. Nagorno Karabakh will never be independent. We donâ€™t allow it. Therefore Armenia must take serious steps in the negotiations. They must take the steps, but not us. What we can make concession? What we occupied that make it concession? We will not make concession. Our concession is peaceful solution of the problemâ€.