Journal of Turkish Weekly
June 27 2009
Ilham Aliyev declared "Azerbaijan is ready to go to war with Armenia"
Saturday, 27 June 2009
During 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 has 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)