Interfax, Russia
Nov 13 2009

Aliyev vows to defend Azerbaijan’s territorial integrity

MINSK Nov 13

Azeri President Ilham Aliyev has pledged to continue taking measures
to re-establish justice and to defend his country’s territorial
integrity.

"The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict was imposed on us before the collapse
of the Soviet Union. A war was unleashed against Azerbaijan, ethnic
cleansing was launched, more than one million of our citizens became
refugees, and nearly 20% of our territory is currently under
occupation," Aliyev said in Minsk on Thursday, addressing students of
the Belarus State University.

"Azerbaijan’s culture monuments, our cemeteries and other sites have
been either destroyed or looted," the Azeri president said.

Armenia has failed to fulfill UN resolutions that call on it to
withdraw troops from the territory of Azerbaijan, Aliyev said.

"All attempts to solve this issue peacefully have proved to be
fruitless," he added.