Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev does not know the name "Shushi" and where it comes from. He stated about this at his meeting with the participants of the international conference entitled "South Caucasus: Development and Cooperation," Haqqin.az reported.

It is especially symbolic that this hypocritical statement was made at the aforesaid conference which is being held in the Azerbaijani-occupied Armenian city of Shushi, Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh).

Accusing Armenia of "falsifying history," the Azerbaijani leader said that "the policy of falsifying history has continued for 5-6 years; even after that it was supplemented with new parameters."

"That is, they have even officially replaced the names of Azerbaijani cities with false Armenian names. For example, they started calling the city of Shusha ‘Shushi.’ The name 'Shushi' has never been in history; I do not even know what it means," Aliyev said.

The ancient Artsakh capital of Shushi, has been subjected to numerous enemy invasions, as well as to the horrific massacre at the beginning of the last century. The Armenian Shushi has always been the object of desire of the Azerbaijanis. Ultimately, having captured Shushi after the 44-day war in the fall of 2020, the Azerbaijani authorities have begun to actively destroy its Armenian monuments and churches.