“Is Alsace-Lorraine important to you? Is Bavaria important to you? Or Rhine-Westphalia? This is our land, our internationally recognized territory. " This was stated by President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev in an interview with the German TV channel ARD on October 28, “When we were there, in this area, we had a question. Why is Karabakh so important for Azerbaijan? Are there resources, or is it a symbol? ” said in response to a question. The President said that this is not a matter of resources:
"The main resources are here in Baku. This is a matter of justice, this is a matter of national pride, and this is a matter of international law. International law and the entire international community recognize Nagorno-Karabakh as an integral part of Azerbaijan. "We are restoring justice and we are implementing the UN Security Council resolutions that have remained on paper for 27 years," Aliyev said. The President stressed that we have not agreed on any autonomous region: "It simply came to our notice then. First of all, we have not agreed on any autonomous region. This is the first. We have not reached this agreement. When we offered it, the Armenians refused. They demanded independence that we did not agree with. Now the realities around have changed. We have heard many times that there are realities and you have to take them into account. Good. We have changed the realities. Now they have to take that into account, and that's probably what we've been offering them for 27 years. Therefore, we must now hold talks, and by the way, if Armenia is ready, we are ready to send our Foreign Minister to Geneva tomorrow to start a new round of talks and discuss the future of Nagorno-Karabakh at the negotiating table. But for this, Armenia must stop. They have always wanted to take back the territories we liberated during these months, and this is the main reason for their defeat. "