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President Ilham Aliyev’s participation in 31st Arab League Summit in spotlight of Italian media
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Rome, November 5, AZERTAC
The Italian leading media outlets, including Askanews, Notizie Yahoo, KmetroO, Agenzia Nova, Campania Press, Insideover and Ragionieri&Previdenza news portals have widely covered President Ilham Aliyev’s participation in the 31st Arab League Summit held in Algiers, the capital city of the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria.
The articles noted that the Azerbaijani President attended the opening ceremony of the event as a Guest of Honor at the invitation of President of the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria Abdelmadjid Tebboune.
The articles quoted President Ilham Aliyev as saying at the Summit: “The brutality, mass atrocities committed by France against the people of Algeria, something the world should never forget. France conducted a terrible war against the Algerian people for more than 130 years which resulted in the deaths of more than one and a half million Algerians. Today, commemorating this tragedy, we need to do everything in order to avoid these tragedies in the future.”
“During the times of occupation, more than one million Azerbaijanis became refugees and IDPs. Our people became the subject of ethnic cleansing. Armenia committed a genocide of Khojaly in 1992 which is now recognized by more than 10 countries. UN Security Council adopted four resolutions demanding immediate and unconditional withdrawal of Armenian troops from our territories but these resolutions were never materialized,” the head of state mentioned.
“Now we are restoring our cities and villages. We started a program, which is called “Great Return”. We do it with our own resources. Unfortunately, international donor organizations don’t help us. We do it on our own. Today, visiting the Museum of Moudjahid, I was informed that during the French occupation, France planted more than 5 million landmines. It just reminded me of the same, the same what we are suffering now. Armenia planted more than 1 million mines during the times of occupation and after the war ended in November 2020, we have more than 260 Azerbaijanis who have been killed or severely injured because of the landmines,” President Ilham Aliyev emphasized.
Nihad Budagov
Special Correspondent