From the health department of the apparatus of the municipality of Yervan reported that from December 29, 2017. to January 7, 2018, 465 children were born (235 boys, 230 girls). During the same period, 1111 citizens were visited by outpatient-psychiatric facilities operating in the subordination of Yerevan City Hall.
Author: Boris Nahapetian
Peace Corp volunteer to give talk at NAASR
Wicked Local Belmont, MA
Jan 3 2018
Peace Corp volunteer to give talk at NAASR
Nick Pittman, a Peace Corps volunteer in Armenia, will give a talk titled “Grassroots Development in Armenia: Challenges, Opportunities and Lessons Learned” at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 18 at the National Association for Armenian Studies and Research Center, 395 Concord Ave., Belmont.
The program will be the first in 2018 in the National Association for Armenian Studies and Research/Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation Series on Contemporary Armenian Issues.
In this presentation, Pittman will discuss his experience working for the last year-and-a-half as a Peace Corps volunteer with a small grassroots non-governmental organization in rural Armenia. He will highlight the challenges engaging in such intercultural work such as linguistic barriers and different conceptions of planning and how they can be addressed. Pittman will also discuss opportunities for new community projects in Armenia, describe the lessons he has learned in the course of his work and outline the various grassroots projects Peace Corps volunteers are assisting throughout the country.
Pittman grew up in Cambridge, studied economics at Reed College and worked for a few years in environmental and economic consulting before going to Armenia with the Peace Corps in March 2016. He lives in a rural village in Lori Marz, Armenia, and works with a small local NGO as a community and youth development volunteer, helping his coworkers develop and implement projects focused on youth empowerment and assisting the NGO in organizational development.
For information: 617-489-1610, .
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Mario Stefano Pietrodarchi arrives in Yerevan
Mario Stefano Pietrodarchi, a favorite and anticipated bandeonist, accordionist from the arrived in Yerevan a couple of minutes ago. The Italian musician will perform on December 25 with the State Youth Orchestra of Armenia, presenting a new concert program. With the orchestra Pietrodarchi will present from the works of Argentinean tango king Astor Piazzolla. The audience will enjoy pieces of the composers Tomazo Ziliani, Roberto Di Marino, Cesare Kiaciata and Carlos Gardel. Mezzo-soprano Sofa Tumanyan will also perform at the concert.
The State Youth Orchestra of Armenia has prepared this beautiful gift for music lovers jointly with VivaCell-MTS, the general partner.
Mario Stefano Pietrodarchi mentioned at the airport that every time he came to our country with great joy he loved Armenia, the Armenian audience, the State Youth Orchestra of Armenia and Sergey Smbatyan. “I love this orchestra, the work they do. They are young and work a lot, regularly improving. And it is a great pleasure for me to perform with them,” said bandeonist, adding that the orhcestra’s performance was fantastic.
It should be noted that composer Tomazo Ziliani arrived in Armenia with Pietrodarchi, whose work will also perform on December 25.
Mario Stefano Pietrodarchi’s concerts in Yerevan always take place in crowded halls, with a lot of applause and long lasting bis. Bandeonist’s last joint concert with the State Youth Orchestra of Armenia lasted for about an hour longer than planned. The audience cound not stop enjoying Pietrodar’s performance and did not let him go, and the musician himself enjoyed an exceptional warm atmosphere with the audience and generously donated his sounds.
Armenia – Meeting between Jean-Yves Le Drian and his counterpart Edward Nalbandian (Paris, Dec. 22)
France Diplomatie
Dec 22 2017
Armenia – Meeting between Jean-Yves Le Drian and his counterpart Edward Nalbandian (Paris, Dec. 22)
This meeting provided an opportunity to underscore the strength of the ties between France and Armenia.
Jean-Yves Le Drian received Armenian Minister of Foreign Affairs Edward Nalbandian on December 22.
This meeting provided an opportunity to underscore the strength of the ties between France and Armenia. The two ministers commended the quality of the political dialogue between the two countries, as well as the importance of our cooperation, one of the greatest successes of which is the French University of Armenia, which has educated several thousand Armenian students over the last 20 years. They agreed on the need to maintain this momentum, notably in the economic sphere.
Jean-Yves Le Drian assured his Armenian counterpart of France’s full commitment to supporting the efforts of the Co-Chairs of the Minsk Group to encourage a negotiated resolution to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. He underscored the importance of implementing the decisions made by the Armenian and Azerbaijani presidents during their meeting in Geneva on October 16.
The two ministers also discussed preparations for the next Francophonie Summit due to take place in Yerevan from October 11-12, 2018, as well as the implementation of the framework agreement signed on November 24 between Armenia and the EU.
Ozdemir: Turkish state played a role in Dink’s murder
News.am, Armenia
Dec 24 2017
Ozdemir: Turkish state played a role in Dink’s murder Ozdemir: Turkish state played a role in Dink’s murder
20:01, 24.12.2017
It is known that the Turkish state played a role in the murder of Istanbul Armenian journalist Hrant Dink, Bundestag member Cem Ozdemir said in an interview with DW.
Asked to comment on the recent claims by Turkish parliament MP Garo Paylan, that that Turkish academics, journalists and literary figures who have fled the governing Justice and Development Party are in grave danger, Ozdemir said he had now information about this, but it “wouldn't be surprising”.
“But it wouldn't surprise me given that Hrant Dink, a Turkish-Armenian journalist and a good friend of mine, was killed by a 16-year-old [in Istanbul] — and it's known that the Turkish state played a role in this murder. Then you also see how Turkish dissidents are not only jailed, silenced or expelled but also intimidated and subjected to physical violence. Germany should be aware of this and above all else prevent the growth of separate societal structures. Some examples of this already exist, such as Osmanen Germania, a Turkish-nationalist boxing gang, or the Union of European Turkish Democrats (UETD),” he said.
Ozdemier said he had recently visited an event organized by Turkish-Armenian journalist and blogger Hayko Bagdat, was wearing a bullet-proof vest because he'd received credible death threats a day earlier.
“I think we must make it clear that Germany will not tolerate such a climate of fear. It's bad enough that such fear already pervades Turkish society,” he added.
Vakhtang Mirumyan does not predict significant rise in prices in 2018
Vakhtang Mirumyan, Deputy Chairman of the State Revenue Committee adjunct to the Government of Armenia, says that in 2018, no substantial increase in prices is expected in Armenia. Speaking to reporters in the National Assembly, commenting on the scale of the rise in prices in Armenia next January, conditioned by the entry EUU, Vakhtang Mirumyan replied:
“For Armenia, the exemption period for the common tariffs of the Eurasian Economic Union will gradually expire by 2020 for each product. It is difficult to say how many percent increase it is expected, as it is hard even to say whether an increase is expected or not.” he said.
RFE/RL Armenian Report – 11/28/2017
Tuesday, Russia's Ruling Party Said To Back EU-Armenia Deal . Emil Danielyan Armenia - President Serzh Sarkisian (R) meets with Sergey Zheleznyak, a senior member of the ruling United Russia party, in Yerevan, 27Nov2017. A senior representative of Russia's ruling party reportedly voiced support late on Monday for Armenia's efforts to forge closer links with the European Union while maintaining its political and military alliance with Russia. Sergey Zheleznyak and three other lawmakers representing President Vladimir Putin's United Russia party met with President Serzh Sarkisian in Yerevan three days after Armenia signed the Comprehensive and Enhanced Partnership Agreement (CEPA) with the EU. Sarkisian's press office quoted Zheleznyak, who is the deputy secretary of United Russia's governing board, as praising "wise and balanced" policies pursued by the Armenian government. "He stressed that Russia's ruling party stands for the principle of `both/and,' rather than `either/or,' of developing relations and cooperation," the office said in a statement. "Armenia builds its relations with the Russian Federation and the EU in that context. Therefore, according to Sergey Zheleznyak, all those views that differ from the above-mentioned position do not reflect the official approaches of Russia and its ruling party." Moscow's stance on the issue was a subject of intense media speculation in Armenia throughout two-year negotiations that preceded the signing of the CEPA in Brussels on Friday. Some pro-Western pundits in Yerevan claimed that the Kremlin could force Yerevan to pull out of the deal. Armenian officials ruled out such a possibility. Russian pressure was widely attributed to President Sarkisian's unexpected decision in 2013 to seek Armenia's accession to the Russian-led Eurasian Economic Union (EEU). The move precluded the signing of a more far-reaching Association Agreement between Armenia and the EU. RUSSIA -- Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) meets with Armenia's President Serzh Sargsyan in Moscow on November 15, 2017. While some pro-government Russian commentators expressed concern over the CEPA in recent weeks, Moscow gave no indications that it disapproves of the deal. "Armenia is a sovereign country and it has the right to enter into any agreements or blocs that do not contradict obligations assumed by it earlier," the Russian ambassador in Yerevan, Ivan Volynkin, told the Arminfo news agency on Thursday. The CEPA provisions, he said, do not run counter to Armenia's EEU membership commitments. Volynkin expressed hope that Armenia will become a "bridge of cooperation between the EU and the EEU." The Russian envoy stressed at the same time that the EU is "unable to replace Russia in providing security guarantees to Armenia." "The EU itself is dependent on NATO in that sense," he said. Armenian leaders have repeatedly stated that the alliance with Russia remains the cornerstone of Armenian foreign and security policy. Sarkisian visited Moscow and met with Putin nine days before attending the CEPA signing ceremony in Brussels. Babayan Sentenced To Six Years In Prison . Karlen Aslanian Armenia - Samvel Babayan (R), Nagorno-Karabakh's former military leader, stands trial in Yerevan, 20Nov2017. Samvel Babayan, Nagorno-Karabakh's former top military commander general linked to an Armenian opposition group, was sentenced to six years in prison on Tuesday on charges of illegal arms acquisition and money laundering which he strongly denies. A court in Yerevan also sentenced two other men, who went on trial with Babayan in July, to three and two years' imprisonment. The four other defendants in the high-profile trial received suspended jail terms ranging from two to two and a half years. Babayan was arrested in March this year after Armenia's National Security Service (NSS) claimed to have confiscated a surface-to-air rocket system smuggled to the country. The arrest came about two weeks before Armenia's last parliamentary elections. Babayan was unofficially affiliated with the ORO alliance led by former Defense Minister Seyran Ohanian and two other opposition politicians. ORO condemned the criminal case as politically motivated. Babayan likewise alleged political motives behind his prosecution in his concluding remarks at the trial made on Monday. He claimed that shortly after his arrest some officials "spoke of politics" with him and "explained why they caught me." He declined to name them, while saying that he know where the "order" to jail him came from. Armenia - Samvel Babayan stands trial in Yerevan, 28Aug2017 Also, the once powerful general again denied prosecutors' claims that he promised to pay other defendants, notably his longtime associate Sanasar Gabrielian, $50,000 for the delivery of the shoulder-fired Igla rocket. Gabrielian, who received the three-year prison sentence, stated during the trial that it was he who commissioned the confiscated Igla. He claimed that he wanted to donate the launcher along with its shoulder-fired rockets to Nagorno-Karabakh's army. Gabrielian insisted he only showed Babayan a photograph of the Igla system because the latter "knows everything" about weapons. Babayan, he said, advised him to hide the weapon in a remote Karabakh village and then anonymously tip off the Karabakh military about that. Babayan echoed this version of events on Monday. "As regards the Igla, it has nothing to do with me, there is no evidence," he said. A trial prosecutor maintained on November 13 that law-enforcement authorities have presented sufficient evidence of Babayan's guilt. The prosecution has never clarified, however, why the former Karabakh army chief sought to get hold of the Russian-made rocket designed to shoot down planes and helicopters. "They have duly executed the order," Babayan declared tartly when the presiding judge, Arshak Zakarian, read out the guilty verdict. Armenia -- A court in Yerevan examines a shoulder-fired rocket system in the trial of Samvel Babayan and six other men, Yerevan, 25Sept2017. Asked by reporters in the courtroom whether he believes the "order" was issued by President Serzh Sarkisian, Babayan replied: "You said so." He also declined to clarify whether he considers himself a political prisoner. Meanwhile, Babayan's lawyer, Avetis Kalashian, said that his client will appeal against the "extremely harsh" verdict. Babayan, 52, led Karabakh's Armenian-backed army from 1993-1999 and was widely regarded as the unrecognized republic's most powerful man at that time. He was arrested in 2000 and subsequently sentenced to 14 years in prison for allegedly masterminding a botched attempt on the life of the then Karabakh president, Arkady Ghukasian. Immediately after being set free in 2004, Babayan relocated to Yerevan where he set up an opposition party that fared poorly in Armenian parliamentary elections held in 2007. He emigrated to Russia in 2011 for still unclear reasons. The retired general returned to Armenia in May 2016, citing the increased risk of renewed war with Azerbaijan. He has repeatedly criticized Armenia's and Karabakh's current governments since then. Armenia Repatriates Azeri Soldier's Body Armenian - Armenian military personnel and Red Cross officials hand over to Azerbaijan the body of a dead Azerbaijani soldier, 28Nov2017. The Armenian military repatriated on Tuesday the body of an Azerbaijani soldier who was reportedly found dead on Armenia's border with Azerbaijan's Nakhichevan exclave last week. The handover facilitated by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) took place at another section of the Nakhichevan frontier. The Defense Ministry in Yerevan released several photographs that showed Armenian military personnel carrying a stretcher covered with a white sheet at a fortified border post. They were accompanied by three ICRC officials, one of whom held up a Red Cross flag. According to the ministry, the Azerbaijani soldier was found on Thursday lying dead in front of an Armenian army post facing eastern Nakhichevan. A ministry statement released on Tuesday insisted that he was an army captain. The Azerbaijani Defense Ministry has said, however, that the dead soldier, identified as Bakhruz Jalibeyli, was a 19-year-old conscript who deserted his unit after committing an unspecified "crime." So far it has said nothing about the circumstances of his death. The ICRC similarly assisted in the handover to Baku in February of the body of another Azerbaijani soldier who was shot dead at another section of the Armenian-Azerbaijani border last December. Yerevan said that his death was the result of an attempted Azerbaijani incursion into Armenia which also left three Armenian servicemen dead. Iranian FM Discusses Closer Business Ties In Armenia . Sargis Harutyunyan Armenia - President Serzh Sarkisian (L) meets with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in Yerevan, 28Nov2017. Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif met with President Serzh Sarkisian and other Armenian leaders on Tuesday during a visit to Yerevan that appeared to focus on ongoing efforts to expand Armenian-Iranian economic ties. He arrived in the Armenian capital with a large group of Iranian businessmen who held a one-day conference with fellow entrepreneurs from Armenia. Zarif and his Armenian counterpart Edward Nalbandian opened the forum before holding talks. "There are quite good opportunities for expanding economic relations between the two countries," Zarif told an ensuing joint news conference with Nalbandian. "Energy and cargo transit are very important areas of our cooperation with Armenia," he said. "We also attach importance to our cooperation on science and technology." Armenia - Foreign Ministers Edward Nalbandian and Mohammad Javad Zarif at a news conference in Yerevan, 28Nov2017 Nalbandian said, for his part, that they discussed ways of increasing bilateral commerce and preparations for next month's meeting in Yerevan of an Armenian-Iranian intergovernmental commission on economic cooperation. In that context, he stressed the importance of a planned free-trade deal between Iran and the Russian-led Eurasian Economic Union which is strongly backed by Armenia. According to official Armenian statistics, Armenian-Iranian trade stood at a relatively modest $197.4 million in the first nine months of this year. It was up by 10 percent from the same period in 2016. Zarif was reported to tell Sarkisian later in the day that the current scale of Armenian-Iranian business dealings "does not befit the high level of political relations between the two friendly nations." The two men agreed on the need to "bolster economic ties and develop mutually beneficial cooperation in various areas," reported the Armenian presidential press office. It said Zarif called Armenia a "very good neighbor" of Iran. Armenia - The Armenian and Iranian foreign ministers open an Armenian-Iranian business forum in Yerevan, 28Nov2017. Economic issues dominated Zarif's separate meeting with Prime Minister Karen Karapetian. They discussed, among other things, the upcoming launch of a free economic zone in Armenia's southeastern Meghri district bordering Iran. According to an Armenian government statement, they agreed that the tax haven for manufacturing firms could give a major boost to Armenian-Iranian business ties. The statement added that Armenian-Iranian energy projects were also on the agenda of Karapetian's talks with the chief Iranian diplomat. But it did not elaborate. Karapetian met with Iran's President Hassan Rouhani, First Vice-President Eshaq Jahangiri, Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh and Energy Minister Sattar Mahmoudi when he paid an official visit to Tehran in October. He reportedly discussed the possibility of a trilateral deal that would enable Armenia to import cheap natural gas from Turkmenistan via Iran. No concrete agreements to that effect have been announced so far. The Armenian premier on Tuesday described his trip to Iran as "quite promising." "Armenia's government is extremely interested in qualitatively changing and raising our trade to a higher level," he told Zarif. Press Review "Aravot" ridicules Russian commentators who have reacted angrily to the signing of the Comprehensive and Enhanced Partnership Agreement (CEPA) between Armenia and the European Union. "These and other displays of jealousy and venomous comments addressed to us by Russia's not-at-all-independent media are especially surprising now that the Kremlin says that it has no problem with that agreement," writes the paper. "Either [Russian] propagandists have not received corresponding orders or their leadership says one thing in public but stirs up something else from behind the scenes." "Haykakan Zhamanak" says that President Serzh Sarkisian's desire to extend his rule was one of the main reasons why the CEPA was signed last week. "Before launching an assault on the government in 2018 Serzh Sarkisian is demonstrating to the European Union and the West in general that he is open to cooperation with them and that if the West attempts to impede his `reproduction' in 2018 it will have to do business with pro-Russian [Prime Minister] Karen Karapetian," explains the paper. "And if Russia attempts to impede his reproduction it will have to do so through Karen Karapetian. These latest developments have shown that Karapetian does not have sufficient clout to thwart the signing of the CEPA and is therefore unfit for the role of the protector of Moscow's interests in Armenia." Interviewed by "168 Zham," Nicu Popescu, a Paris-based political analyst, describes the CEPA as a "big achievement for Armenia and the EU given the circumstances in which Armenia had abandoned the Association Agreement" with the EU in 2013. "But it would be wrong to say that this represents some kind of association with the EU because Armenia will not have the kind of relationship with the EU which Georgia, Ukraine and Moldova have," he says. "Hraparak" claims that pro-European groups in Armenia have only now revolted against their country's membership in the Russian-led Eurasian Economic Union (EEU). The paper considers this reaction overdue and says those groups should now focus instead on the implementation of the new EU-Armenia agreement. They should "force the authorities to take real steps in that direction so that the document does not remain on paper," it says. (Tigran Avetisian) Reprinted on ANN/Armenian News with permission from RFE/RL Copyright (c) 2017 Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty, Inc. 1201 Connecticut Ave., N.W. Washington DC 20036. www.rferl.org
Music: Armenian duduk, jazz to be united onstage in Moscow
Panorama, Armenia
Nov 17 2018
The Armenian duduk and jazz will be united on the stage of the House of Artists in Moscow during the concert scheduled for 22 November as part of the events celebrating the Armenian Culture Days in Russia.
The program of the concert titled “Voice of the Armenian Soul” features a joint performance by renowned Armenia dudukists Jivan Gasparyan, Gevorg Dabaghyan, Vahagn Hayrapetyan Jazz Quintet and other famous musicians, the Armenian ministry of culture said in a Facebook post.
“We will perform pieces by Komitas, Sayat Nova and other folk compositions. This is certainly not our first encounter with the Russian audience. Russians have a unique attitude towards duduk. Our concerts take place in overcrowded halls here, with the audience listening to the duduk music holding their breath. I am convinced there will be the same atmosphere at Moscow concert,” the ministry quoted Gevorg Dabaghyan as saying.
The official opening of the Armenian Culture Days in Russia was held at the Moscow State Tretyakov Gallery on 16 November, in attendance of the Armenian and Russian presidents.
Armenian school of New Zealand to re-open
Armenpress News Agency , Armenia November 13, 2017 Monday Armenian school of New Zealand to re-open YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 13, ARMENPRESS. Currently about 200 Armenians live in New Zealand. They are mainly from Iraq, Iran, Lebanon and partly from Armenia. The local Armenians mostly live in Auckland and Wellington cities. The Armenian Union of New Zealand operates since 1996 which aims at preserving the Armenian identity and the Armenian upbringing of children. Head of the Armenian Union Nubar Yaghubian told Armenpress that they spare no efforts for preserving the Armenian identity. “The Armenian community of New Zealand is small and scattered. The Armenian school was operating since 1996, but it closed due to lack of new students. The preservation of the Armenian language is a major issue. There are mixed marriages. At the moment the community makes efforts to re-open the Armenian Sunday school in Auckland”, Nubar Yaghubian said, adding that they try to keep contact with Armenia for organizing the educational processes. Online training for teachers is being organized. When the school is re-opened, the classes will also be online so that the Armenians living in other cities of New Zealand will be able to join. Specialists from Armenia will also join during the online classes. The Armenian community celebrates the holidays connected with Armenia, as well as the remembrance days. Every year events are being organized dedicated to Armenia’s Independence, the Army Day and etc. Commemoration events are being held on the anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. Despite being small in number, the local Armenians are actively engaged in different spheres. There are leading doctors, teachers, banking and IT field specialists among them. In line with the preservation of the Armenian identity, the Armenian community also tries to make Armenia more recognizable within the public through various measures. “Because of the small community, few people know about Armenia. We are trying to invite the local people as much as possible to our events. We have a Facebook page where we post the list of events, as well as information about Armenia”, he said. A special attention is paid to the process of spreading the smell and taste of the Armenian cuisine. Quite often the Armenian women cook and sell Armenian dishes. Nubar Yaghubian noted that the people of New Zealand have started to highly appreciate the Armenian dishes after testing them.
Azerbaijani Press: President Aliyev: Azerbaijan’s principled position on Karabakh issue won’t change
Trend, Azerbaijan
Nov 14 2017
18:34 (UTC+04:00)
Details added (first version posted on 18:05)
Baku, Azerbaijan, Nov. 14
Trend:
There will be no change in Azerbaijan’s principled position on the settlement of the Armenia-Azerbaijan Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, said Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev addressing a ceremony marking the 25th anniversary of creation of the New Azerbaijan Party at the Heydar Aliyev Center Nov. 14.
"The Armenia-Azerbaijan Nagorno-Karabakh conflict should be resolved within the territorial integrity of our country. There is no other way. We can never allow a second Armenian state to be established in our historical lands. The norms of international law should be fully applied. The UN Security Council resolutions should be fully implemented. Sovereignty and territorial integrity of Azerbaijan should be restored,” noted President Aliyev.
“This is a principled position. This position is based on history and international law, because Nagorno-Karabakh is our historical, ancestral land, because the whole world, all the countries recognize and respect the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan."
“Nagorno-Karabakh is an integral part of Azerbaijan. Another event confirming this took place this year. The illegal referendum held again in Nagorno-Karabakh due to Armenia’s recklessness was not recognized by the entire world community. Neighboring countries, co-chairing countries of the Minsk Group, the European Union and other organizations did not recognize the results of the referendum. By doing so, they once again confirmed that Nagorno-Karabakh is an integral part of Azerbaijan,” said the head of state.
Ilham Aliyev added that consistent efforts on recognition of the Khojaly genocide will further continue.
Saying that five years ago, three countries officially recognized the Khojaly genocide, the head of state noted that in only five years more than 10 countries have recognized the genocide.
"A consistent policy will be pursued in this direction,” added the president. “Simultaneously, we will increase our military power. According to international ratings, today the Azerbaijani Army is among the most powerful armies in the world.”
The Azerbaijani Army will be provided with necessary funds and equipment, said the head of state.
“There will be no limitations. Our military power plays and will play its role in the liberation of our lands and the restoration of our territorial integrity,” said Ilham Aliyev.
The president noted that the April battles, the liberation of a part of Azerbaijani lands, particularly, a part of Aghdara, Fuzuli and Jabrayil districts, showed the power of Azerbaijani army to the whole world.
“Armenia is still trying to present the distorted version of the April battles to the world community, but it is a very ridiculous attempt. It is enough to say that today we are sitting in trenches dug then by Armenians in the occupied lands and control a large area from those trenches. The April battles are our glorious victory and they showed the power of the Azerbaijani nation and soldiers. It showed that the Azerbaijani state and people will never reconcile with the occupation and will restore their territorial integrity at any cost,” added President Aliyev.