The Azerbaijan State Telegraph Agency
Jan 2 2015

All of Armenia’s efforts are aimed either at not holding the
negotiations or at conducting them for the sake of imitation

02.01.2015 [15:17]
Baku, January 2, AzerTAc

“But unfortunately the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict over
Nagorno-Karabakh has not been resolved this year either. The reason
for this is the criminal and bloodthirsty regime of Armenia. Armenia
does not want peace. All of its efforts are aimed either at not
holding the negotiations or at conducting them for the sake of
imitation,” President Ilham Aliyev has said in his message of
congratulation to the people of Azerbaijan on the occasion of the Day
of Solidarity of Azerbaijanis of the World and the New Year.The
Azerbaijani President noted: “This year the mediators were more active
– we have to acknowledge that. The leaders of Russia, USA and France
held consecutive trilateral meetings in August, September and October.
I appreciate that and am grateful to these countries. However, Armenia
acted insincerely at these meetings. Moreover, less than two weeks
after the Paris meeting it began a large-scale military exercise on
occupied territories. The exercises pursued only one goal – to provoke
Azerbaijan, to commit an act of sabotage and undermine the process of
negotiations. We observed the same in the summer months when Armenian
sabotage groups attacked Azerbaijani positions. But the Azerbaijani
army gave them a fitting rebuff, killing more than 50 occupants.
Similar events took place at the end of this year. And again, the
Azerbaijani army gave an adequate response to the enemy.” “The
occupying state should know that a strong Azerbaijani army may restore
the territorial integrity of our country at any time. We still hope
that the negotiating process can produce a positive result, and there
are many factors enhancing this hope. We have political power,
economic potential and a powerful army. Next year, about $5 billion
will be spent on the development of our army, twice the total budget
of the impoverished Armenia.””The Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict over
Nagorno-Karabakh can be resolved only on the basis of norms and
principles of international law. UN Security Council resolutions must
be implemented. The occupying forces must withdraw from the occupied
Azerbaijani lands and the territorial integrity of our country must be
restored. These are the basic principles. On the basis of these
principles we are ready to sign any agreement,” the head of state
added.