Aliyev sings the same song
At the opening ceremony of central headquarters of the Azerbaijani community of Nagorno-Karabakh region of Azerbaijan, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev again spoke about Azerbaijan's territorial integrity and regulation of the Karabkh conflict through military actions.
During his 40-minute speech, Aliyev laid the accent on the Karabakh conflict and updated Madrid Principles.
"Azerbaijan agreed in principle with these proposals. The other side agrees or not, or is still working on tightening time. If the opposite party - Armenia does not respond positively to these proposals and if we find the peace process exhausted, we shall give preference to the military path," Aliyev said and added that international law supports their position in this case.
"Article 51 of the United Nations Charter clearly states that each country has full rights of self-defense. We want to resolve the issue peacefully. We want our territorial integrity be restored by peaceful means, through negotiations. But it is not yet possible," Azerbaijani President said.
Referring to the settlement of the conflict, he underlined that Azerbaijan should recover and restore its territorial integrity.
"We have always sought that the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan be taken into account during the conflict settlement and we have done so. Unless the Karbakh conflict is resolved, it will remain a priority of Azerbaijan," Ilham Aliyev said.
