"We will restore all cities"
05 Oct 2020
On October 4, President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev addressed the nation. Address of President Ilham Aliyev to the people.
I heartily congratulate all our soldiers and officers who
took an active part in the liberation of the Jabrayil region and other occupied
territories. As a result of their heroism and bravery, our native lands have
returned to us today. I ask God to have mercy on all our martyrs who died in
these bloody battles, and I pray to God to heal our wounded soldiers.
After many years, the city of Gabriel was liberated.
Gabriel is ours!
Four years ago, the reconstruction of Jojug Marjanli
village of Jabrayil region began. The heights liberated as a result of the
successful operation allowed the residents to return to the village of Jojug
Marjanli in the Jabrayil region. We built a beautiful town. I said at the
opening of the settlement that Jojug Marjanli is a symbol of our invincible
will. Jojug Marjanli shows that the Azerbaijani people will never reconcile
with the occupation, and our return to other occupied lands began with Jojug
Marjanli. I think that today the liberation of most of the Jabrayil region and
the city of Jabrayil is of special importance.
You know, Azerbaijan has been fighting for a week to
restore its territorial integrity. On the battlefield, our soldiers and
officers show heroism, inflict crushing blows on the enemy, put the enemy in
his place, drive the enemy out of our lands, at the cost of his life. This
glorious mission will find its place in history.
Today we are writing a new history of our people and
state, a glorious history. We are restoring historical justice today. Because
the land of Karabakh is our ancient historical land. The people of Azerbaijan
have lived, created, built and built in these lands for centuries. But for many
years - for almost 30 years, Armenian executioners have occupied our land,
destroyed all our historical, religious and cultural monuments.
We will restore all cities. We will restore all our
mosques destroyed by Armenians. Life will return to these areas. We have put an
end to the attempts of Armenians to change our historical names and falsify
history, as well as to erase the historical and cultural heritage of the
Azerbaijani people. The historical names of our settlements are being restored
and will be restored.
We are fighting in our own land. Our territorial
integrity must be restored and we are on the right path. Our soldier is a
savior. Because he liberates his native land from invaders.
Today, the people of Jabrayil, of course, are happy, as
are all the people of Azerbaijan. Yesterday, our ancient settlement -
Sugovushan settlement was liberated from occupation. All the people of
Azerbaijan celebrated this historic event, congratulated each other and could
not hold back their tears. These are tears of joy. Azerbaijan shed tears in the
early 1990s. But it was tears of defeat, it was tears of tragedy.
Today, the people of Azerbaijan are happy. I would like
to list the names of the settlements liberated today for the people of Jabrayil
and all the people of Azerbaijan. Today, the glorious Azerbaijani Army
liberated the following settlements: Jabrayil city, Karkhulu village, Shukurbeyli
village, Yukhari Maralyan village, Chereken village, Dashkasan village, Horovlu
village, Decal village, Mahmudlu village, Jafarabad village.
I appeal to you, the residents of these villages, to
put an end to your longing and let all our other refugees and IDPs know that we
will return them to their ancestral lands. By force! We wanted this issue to be
resolved through negotiations, we were patient. We have always been fair in the
negotiations, we wanted what belongs to us. We have never had an eye on someone
else's land. But we said that it is ours, our people's, our nation, it must
return to us, it must return through negotiations. But these talks have, in
fact, led to the freezing of the conflict. That is, it is calculated. Can
negotiations go on for thirty years ?! Is it possible to keep the Azerbaijani
people in such a situation for thirty years ?! For thirty years, we have lived
in the hope that the international community will resolve this issue. Countries
and international organizations involved in resolving this issue will have
their say. The world's highest international body, the UN Security Council,
will work to implement its resolutions. These resolutions have been on paper
for 27 years. For twenty-seven years, we have shown a constructive position, a
fair position at all times - in all periods of negotiations. But what did we
see in return? The aggressor became even more depraved. The aggressor's greed
has grown and he has set his sights on our ancestral land. As a result, all the
occupied lands were attributed to the so-called "Nagorno-Karabakh
Republic", new maps were published, and all the occupied territories are
presented as Nagorno-Karabakh.
