We hope that we will see a strong political will also from Armenia, and they will make a right decision and not to try to win time as it was during the times of occupation, when we had negotiations for 28 years, which ended, unfortunately, with a serious military outbreak that ended with the liberation of Azerbaijani territories, said Ilham Aliyev, President of Azerbaijan, in the press statements after the meeting with the President of the Republic of Latvia, Egils Levits, APA reports.
"We had to do it by force, unfortunately. Though, we could have done it by political means, if Armenia behaved constructively.
So, now when we are now seriously discussing the future peace agreement between the two countries, we expect that Armenia will not lose time and will positively respond to our proposal, which is supported by many international actors. Despite devastation and long lasting occupation of our territories, we think that page of hatred must be turned down. We need to look to the future and to establish a peaceful Southern Caucasus," the head of state said.