Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev congratulated Donald Trump on the US presidential election victory.
"I congratulate you on your election as US president. I hope US-Azerbaijani relations will keep successfully developing in future. I hope that under your leadership, the United States will make a contribution to peaceful settlement of the conflict, while being a country co-chair of the OSCE Minsk Group," Sputnik cited Aliyev's congratulatory telegram as saying.
Ilham Aliyev reminded that the US-Azerbaijani relations reached a high level. “We actively cooperate in political, economic, energy, security spheres, as well as in the fight against international terrorism and NATO peacekeeping operations in Afghanistan,” the president said.
According to the President Aliyev's message, Azerbaijan has been suffering from Armenia’s aggressive policy for many years. Twenty percent of Azerbaijani lands are under occupation, more than one million Azerbaijanis became refugees and internally displaced people, the message said.
According to the message, despite the UN Security Council’s four resolutions calling for the immediate and unconditional withdrawal of the Armenian armed forces from the territory of Azerbaijan, Armenia ignores those resolutions.
Azerbaijan’s territorial integrity has been recognized by the world community and international organizations, the message said.
According to the message, Azerbaijan’s firm position is that the UN Security Council’s four resolutions related to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, as well as the resolutions and decisions of the UN General Assembly, OSCE, Council of Europe, NATO, the European Parliament, Economic Cooperation Organization, Non-Aligned Movement and other international organizations must be implemented.
"The conflict must be resolved within the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan in accordance with the norms of international law,” Trend cited him as saying.
“Once again, I extend my sincere congratulations and wish you robust health, happiness and success in your future activity for the sake of welfare of friendly US people," Ilham Aliyev concluded.
