Azerbaijani president to suffer ‘total fiasco’, Armenian official says

Panorama, Armenia

The current Azerbaijani president is doomed to another complete failure, Tigran Balayan, a spokesman of Armenia’s Foreign Ministry, said in a post on Twitter, commenting on the recent statement made by Ilham Aliyev at the ceremony marking Heydar Aliyev's 95th birth anniversary.

In his address at the event, Aliyev said in particular that the Azerbaijani people and state “will never allow the creation of a second Armenian state.” “The Azerbaijani flag will be raised in all the occupied territories, including Shushi and Stepanakert,” he said.

“It is symbolic that this statement is made at an event dedicated to a person who thought in the same way, but suffered a total fiasco. The same destiny is facing his son. The father acted smart enough to ask for a ceasefire. The Azerbaijani people can hope that intelligence can be inherited,” Balayan concluded.