‘Azerbaijan is more than anyone interested in changing the status quo’
Baku, October 9 (AZERTAC). “Azerbaijan is more than anyone interested in changing the status quo because it is our land and our land is under occupation,” President Ilham Aliyev said at a foundation-laying ceremony for the French Lyceum in Baku.
The President noted “Azerbaijani lands, Nagorno-Karabakh and surrounding seven districts, have been under occupation for many years. As a result of this occupation and a policy of ethnic cleansing, more than one million Azerbaijanis are living a life of refugees and IDPs in their native land. An end must be put to this, and as you pointed out, the status quo must be changed. I think there are good opportunities for changing the status quo.”
The Head of State said “international organizations have passed decisions on the issue - the UN Security Council, the OSCE, the European Parliament, the Council of Europe, etc. So there is a legal framework for resolving the issue.”
“I am sure that more serious steps will be taken in the near future, the conflict will end and peace and cooperation will be established in the South Caucasus.”
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