Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev made a noteworthy statement with respect to the prospects for a resolution of the Karabakh conflict.
“Behind closed doors, we are pressured to force an agreement on the recognition of Nagorno-Karabakh’s independence,” Aliyev stated at the meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers. “We don’t disclose many details, since there are rules of diplomacy. [But] Azerbaijan will never agree to this.”
As per Haqqin.az news agency of Azerbaijan, he noted that an active campaign has begun against Azerbaijan on this matter.
“As long as we are in power, Azerbaijan will never give its consent to that,” Ilham Aliyev added, and pledged to “restore” Azerbaijan’s “territorial integrity.”