Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said that if Heydar Aliyev was in Azerbaijan at that time, then he never allowed the separatist tendencies to raise their heads and the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict began.
Speaking at a solemn ceremony dedicated to the 95th anniversary of Heydar Aliyev, the head of state stressed that Baku’s principled position on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict remains unchanged.
"The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict should be resolved only on the basis of norms and principles of international law, the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan must be fully restored, four resolutions of the UN Security Council must be implemented," Aliyev said, noting that there is no other way to resolve the conflict.
He added that the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan is not the subject of negotiations, has never been and never will be. "The Azerbaijani people and the Azerbaijani state will never allow a second Armenian state to be created on Azerbaijani soil. If someone thinks differently, I believe that he vainly lives in illusions," the president stressed, noting that the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan should be ensured completely and unconditionally.
"Justice and international law require this. Nagorno-Karabakh is an integral part of Azerbaijan," APA cited Ilham Aliyev as saying.
