"Thank you for visiting the liberated territories. I know that you have been to Aghdam and seen the scale of destruction there with your own eyes. I can assure you that the situation is the same in all liberated territories," said President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev as he received Executive Director of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) Maimunah Mohd Sharif, APA reports.
"Everything has been destroyed. As a result of this vandalism and barbarism, there is no Aghdam now. The city, which used to be home to tens of thousands of people, now lies in ruins. This was committed by the Armenians, the Armenian criminal regime during the years of occupation. For almost 30 years, our cities, villages, historical and religious sites had been deliberately and systematically destroyed in order to erase the traces of Azerbaijani culture and history. However, the war for the freedom of our lands has shown that sooner or later justice will prevail. One needs to be patient. At the same time, we need to work hard on a daily basis to be loyal to the country and achieve our goals. Our war was a war of liberation. We have put an end to the occupation. We have put an end to the evil forces in our land. You are probably aware that the Armenians also insulted and destroyed our religious sites. Sixty-five mosques were completely destroyed, while the remaining two mosques were used for keeping pigs and cows, which was an insult to the feelings of Muslims around the world. Unfortunately, during all these years of occupation, the international community remained tight-lipped. As you know, despite the decisions and resolutions adopted by the UN Security Council, the General Assembly and other important international organizations in support of our position, there was no serious pressure on Armenia. No sanctions were imposed on Armenia. Some countries even tried to put the aggressor and the victim of the aggression on the same scale. These were the main reasons why the Armenians kept these territories under their control for such a long time. If we hadn’t shown courage, patriotism and strength, this occupation would have been continued. It seemed to us that the international organizations themselves had already adapted to the situation. Like some kind of a tourist group, the Minsk Group visited us several times a year to conduct meaningless negotiations. Now it is obvious that these talks were only intended to disguise Armenia’s attempts at reinforcing the consequences of the occupation. Armenians had changed the names of our cities and villages. Armenians did their best for this occupation to be forgotten in the world. But the Azerbaijani people had not forgotten that. None of us had forgotten that. We were all ready to sacrifice our lives to liberate our historical homeland, and it happened," noted the head of state.
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