"The world is in crisis during this difficult pandemic. 150 countries have applied to international financial institutions for loans. I must also say that Azerbaijan is not on this list, we live at our own expense. Oil prices are falling sharply, however, we are doing this. This is politics. "
The statement came from President Ilham Aliyev at a ceremony to present apartments and cars to the families of martyrs and war invalids in Baku on July 21.
The head of state said it was our respect for the families of martyrs and the spirit of the martyrs:
"Unfortunately, there are people in the country who are happy with the fall in oil prices. Who is happy about that? I have said, I want to say again, that the Azerbaijani people should know and not forget it. First, Armenia is happy because it understands that if the recession continues, Azerbaijan's revenues will fall, so it will cut its spending, it will not be able to get enough weapons, and it will weaken, and Armenia will benefit. Armenia is happy about this, it is natural. But it is incomprehensible that some citizens of Azerbaijan, or those who consider themselves citizens of Azerbaijan, are happy about it. This information has already been made public.
See how the group, which calls itself the National Council, in fact acts as an anti-national group, was happy that the price of oil fell to $ 14. They give "good news" to each other, congratulate each other, and some say don't hurry yet, it will fall, then we will be happy. What does it mean?! This means that our revenues will decrease and we will not be able to get the required number of weapons. After all, today the world arms market is a very expensive area, and the purchase of any weapon requires a lot of money, especially in modern times. Today, if it is possible to say so, smart weapons provide an advantage. Weapons that are very expensive and we will buy them. If we don't have the opportunity, can we get them? So, what does this hated group, which calls itself the opposition today, want? He wants Azerbaijan to be as helpless, powerless and unarmed as Armenia in their time.
The head of state said that they want to make Azerbaijan a land-locked country:
"Therefore, the Azerbaijani people must know everything. When I say that this is hostility, this is not opposition - opposition cannot be against the state - I am absolutely right. They still want to take us back to those dark days. To the days when we lost our lands, it was as a result of the half-hearted activity and betrayal of the hated government of the Popular Front of Azerbaijan that we lost our lands. As a result of their struggle for power, we have lost our lands. At that time, the lands were being lost, but the Popular Front of Azerbaijan started a civil war here, and brotherly blood was shed. Armenians were bombing our cities, occupying our cities, occupying Kalbajar, and they were bombing Ganja, bombing their cities, capturing Azerbaijani soldiers. This is not a betrayal, what is it ?! The traitors who sold the impregnable fortress like Shusha to the Armenians are not traitors, but what is it ?!
You know them well. It was at that time that you lost your loved ones, you lost your health, you remember everything well, you remember those dark days. If Heydar Aliyev had not come to power, whether Azerbaijan would remain an independent country today, this is still a big question. But they still want to take us back to that time. Here are those who are happy with the fall in oil prices. I said they are worse than the Armenians. "
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