Ilham Aliyev: "April battles should go into military textbooks"

Yesterday at a meeting with students of the military schools of Azerbaijan's Fizuli region, President Ilham Aliyev said that Azerbaijan will put an end to the occupation of its territories, there is every reason for this: Azerbaijan's army is among the strongest armies in the world, its logistics is at the highest level, the combat capability is increasing, as well as professionalism.

In 1994, the Azerbaijani army, carrying out a successful military operation, liberated these territories and other territories of the Fuzuli region from occupation. Now houses and entire villages are being built in these territories. Ilham Aliyev recalled another historic victory of Azerbaijan's army in this year: "In April, Armenia committed another armed provocation against our country and our people. Azerbaijan's heroic army - soldiers and officers of our nation - gave an adequate response to this provocation. By conducting a successful counterattack operation, the Azerbaijani army inflicted a crushing blow to the enemy and liberated a part of the Azerbaijani lands from the occupation. The operation to liberate Lele Tepe hill in the Fizuli region from occupation is our glorious history. Today, we are able to destroy any enemy object. The April battles demonstrated the power of our army once again."

During the meeting with servicemen who distinguished themselves in battles, Aliyev recalled: "A few months ago, this territory was under occupation. A successful counterattack operation resulted in liberation of more than 2000 hectares of land that were under occupation in the Fuzuli, Jabrayil and Aghdere regions. Today, the Azerbaijani army fully controls thousands of hectares of land. The April battles should go into military textbooks".

The President said that in April he met with wounded soldiers and officers at the military hospital and saw their enthusiasm. They had an only desire – to recover quickly and return to the battle zones.

"Armenia has invented lies and myths about its army for many years. Allegedly, they have an invincible army. The April battles showed which army is invincible. There is no such a military target in the occupied territories and Nagorno-Karabakh that can’t be destroyed by Azerbaijan’s army," the President said.

In recent years, Azerbaijan has purchased modern weapons, military equipment worth billions of dollars, which was created on the basis of latest technologies. According to Ilham Aliyev, along with combat capability, and high patriotic spirit of the Azerbaijani army. "We are on our lands, it is Azerbaijan. Leletepe, Shusha, Khankendi are also Azerbaijan. We are on our land. We have no claims for others’ territories. But will never allow the creation of a second Armenian state on our lands. If the Armenian armed forces did not draw a right conclusion from the April battles, there will be many successful operations as the Leletepe operation in the future. The leadership of Armenia must finally realize that their aggressive actions are leading them to the abyss," Ilham Aliyev said.