Ramil Hajili, the president of European Movement Azerbaijan, held Saturday a news conference in Yerevan to address the Nagorno-Karabaakh issue.
His visit to to Armenia has been organized by European Movement International’s local council.
Speaking at the meeting, the Azerbaijani activist said that though a vast majority of his country’s population seek for a peaceful settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, he has his own land demands.
Hajili said he was born in the Nagorno-Karababkh region of Fizuli which, in his words, did not have an Armenian population at the time.
“I was 10 years old when the war began, and I found myself in the status of a refugee. I settled in a town of tents, which lacked normal conditions,” he said.
Asked about any plans to visit Nagorno-Karabakh, Rajili and his assistant unanimously gave a positive answer. To the journalists’ remark that they may appear on the Azerbaijani authorities’ “black list”, Hajili have a somewhat joking response. “We are already on a black list as we have visited Armenia. ”
Hajili then continued to introduce his country’s propaganda on Karabakh, calling for the “return of the six occupied regions”.
Journalists, however, reminded the activist that Armenia is a winning side in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, and it returned its land at the cost of blood. A remark was even made that the Azerbaijani man probably has a problem with memory that he doesn’t remember Armenians living in Nagorno-Karabakh. “I don’t say Armenians do not live there; I just haven’t seen them in the region where I lived,” Hajili answered.
“It is just important for the sides to reach a common agreement. I don’t want you to think that I am addressing calls only to Armenia. Being here, I am just using the occasion for doing that. Azerbaijan too, has to make concessions.”
Asked what exactly the country is ready for, Hajili first pointed to the six regions surrounding Nagorno-Karabakh. He said if those lands are ceded to them, the country will agree to give more to Armenia. But he didn’t elaborate further.
“I don’t consider the Armenian nation an animal and agree to [President] Serzh Sargsyan’s remark that ‘Azerbaijan is not our enemy’,” said Hajiev.
The meeting was also attended by President of European Movement Armenia Victor Yengibaryan and Secretary General of European
Source: Tert.am