"The liberation of Aghdam was possible as a result of the glorious military victory. If Azerbaijan had not defeated Armenia on the battlefield, Armenia would not have left our lands voluntarily. There are many reasons for this. First of all, fortifications built in those regions - in the occupied territories, a lot of money was spent there. Those fortifications were built in such a way that the Azerbaijani Army could not pass through it. But they still made a mistake. " The statement came from Supreme Commander-in-Chief, President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev in his address to the nation. The President said that they could not calculate our strength correctly: "They did not know what the Azerbaijani army and Azerbaijani citizens are capable of today. They did not know that it was our strength, technical equipment and morale that led us to that Victory. They did not know that the people of Azerbaijan have been living with the desire to return to their ancestral lands all these years. All these and other factors conditioned this Victory. Therefore, while building these fortifications and taking other steps at the same time, they had a goal to perpetuate this occupation. Otherwise, they would not change the names of our historical cities and villages. Aghdam was given an ugly name, Fuzuli was given another ugly name. They drew up new maps, in which the so-called "Nagorno-Karabakh Republic" covered not only the former Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Region, but all other occupied territories, and they presented it to the international community. " "I have repeatedly told the mediators to pay attention to this," he said.
You are now talking about a peaceful solution to this issue. But we see the exact opposite. We see that the heritage of Azerbaijan is being erased in these lands, Azerbaijani monuments, historical monuments are being Armenianized, Azerbaijani mosques are being destroyed, all our historical and cultural heritage is being erased, new maps are being drawn up. When maps of the so-called "Nagorno-Karabakh Republic" are published in textbooks prepared for Armenian schools, all the lands occupied there belong to this so-called organization. Books and booklets published by Armenia in foreign languages cover all the occupied territories while presenting the so-called organization.
They do the same when participating in international exhibitions illegally. Well, how will it be, you say it will be resolved peacefully. Now what happened to these maps? Now these maps have gone to hell, these maps no longer exist. Now the occupiers, who vacated the Kalbajar region, are destroying all houses, buildings, schools, showing their savagery. All the leading international media outlets film it and spread it around the world, embarrassing them. They shame themselves and run away from us cowardly. They could not stand in front of us. Those who call themselves an invincible army, a warring people, what happened to your warlike army? Where is this? It was scattered, we struck, we destroyed, we destroyed. There is no Armenian army, we have destroyed it. Our victory on the battlefield also conditioned our political victory. Aghdam region returns to us without firing a single shot or killing a single person. This is our great political success. But if it were not for a military victory, it would not be possible, "Aliyev said.