Saturday, 27 June 2009During the 91st anniversary of the Azerbaijani Armed Force, Ilham Aliyev declared Azerbaijan is ready to regain its territorial integrity by military force.
Azerbaijan and Armenia have a conflict on Nagorno-Karabakh territory for two decades. On June 26,2009 Azerbaijan President,Ilham Aliyev called negotiations between parties over Nagorno-Karabakh problem are fruitless.
In his speech Aliyev said "Azerbaijan has military formations capable of carrying out any mission. If necessary, Azerbaijan can use its military power to restore its territorial integrity, and it is our sovereign right. International law allows us to do it. We live in a state of war, thus our primary goal is and should be the strengthening of our army. With the war still going on and only its first stage over, we are continuing our efforts to be ready to free our motherland from the enemy by military means at any time"
Aliyev added that talks have brought about no results.
On economic issues Aliyev pointed out that Azerbaijan's economy has been successfully developing through the current crisis.
He said "Thanks to our strengthened economic potential, we have succeeded in creating a strong army,"
After Georgia-Russia war ,the status in the South Caucaus is trying to reestablish howewer these kind of comments show the instability in the region.
Burhan Dogus Ayparlar (JTW)
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Saturday, 27 June 2009
Journal of Turkish Weekly
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