AZERBAIJANI ARMY AND SOCIETY SHOULD BE READY FOR WAR: ALIYEV

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Dec 25 2009
Armenia

Baku will not retreat from principal stance on Nagorno-Karabakh
conflict, that is "restoration of Azerbaijan’s territorial integrity
and withdrawal of Armenian occupants from captured lands", Azerbaijani
President Ilham Aliyev said Dec. 24 in the course of his visit to
Khirdalan city.

"Azerbaijan will not retreat from this principal position. Mobilizing
our whole potential, we will strive to early and just solution to the
problem in accordance with Azerbaijani interests and international
norms. Unfortunately, 2009 was not a decisive year, though high hopes
were put on Karabakh conflict settlement. However, due to Armenia’s
non-constructive position we failed to achieve results. Meanwhile,
presently all the sides to the conflict support the solution of the
issue in frames of country’s territorial integrity. Even Armenian side
was compelled to sign political document stipulating the settlement of
the conflict in the framework of territorial integrity," Aliyev stated.

Azerbaijani President also reiterated army’s readiness for the
resolution of the conflict by military means, adding that wishes to
tackle the issue "peacefully, through negotiations." "Azerbaijani army
and society should be ready to liberate our lands from occupants any
time in every possible way," Aliyev underlined.

According to him, distance between Armenia and Azerbaijan or "more
specifically gulf — either economy or other sectors is increasing
and deepening."