Ilham Aliyev while in Nakhchivan threatened the Armenians and their defenders

On May 10, in Nakhchivan, President Ilham Aliyev made a number of tough statements that demonstrate Baku's position on the situation in and around Karabakh.

Former head of the Center for Strategic Studies under the president Farhad Mammadov comments on the statements of the head of state in an interview with Turan.

Question: Is it correct to think that I. Aliyev called for abandoning the well-established geographical term "Nagorno-Karabakh" ?

Answer: "You're interpreting it correctly.  Nagorno-Karabakh is an artificially created term. There is historical Karabakh-the territory of the Karabakh Khanate, which became part of the Russian Empire under the Treaty of Kyurekchay. After 1828, the resettlement of Armenians began. By the beginning of the 20th century, there were more of them in the mountainous part, which was the reason for the territorial claims of the first Armenian Republic. And already the Bolsheviks have framed all this in the framework of the NKAO. By the way, the only autonomy in the USSR, which was called not ethnically, but geographically. In the legal field NKAO ceased to exist in 1991. Geographically it is Karabakh, and Karabakh is Azerbaijan.

Question: - To whom did the President address his remarks, if we take into consideration that he has mutual understanding with the Russian leadership?

Answer: - Before the meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov, the  President of Azerbaijan outlined the framework of the negotiations and sent messages to the Armenian leadership. It is symbolic that this was done in Nakhchivan.

The Azerbaijanis have such a proverb: "daughter, I tell you, so that the daughter-in-law will hear." The" daughters " this time are Francophones-France, Canada and Luxembourg. Through these countries, messages were sent to the co-chairs of the Minsk Group, and of course, to the newly arrived Lavrov.

There can be no status. Talk of an Armenian revenge in Baku is perceived as a call to war, and the issue of the Shirak saboteurs is generally defined as an "internal matter" of Azerbaijan. A worthy response to the demagoguery of Armenian politicians has been given.

The toughening of Baku's position towards the Armenians of Karabakh will largely depend on the outcome of the meeting with Lavrov.

If someone wants to use the Armenians of Karabakh as a proxy against Azerbaijan, the answer should be against the proxy. It is necessary to level the potential of the proxy, and there are all the mechanisms for this. (proxy-intermediate link, padding-Ed.)

The Armenians of Karabakh in this role become masochists, voluntary hostages. And this is their choice: to be used and beaten, or to be full-fledged citizens of Azerbaijan.

As far as countries such as France, Canada and the United States, and to some extent Russia, will pursue an Armenian-centric policy and encourage the illusion of Armenians, Azerbaijan will consistently implement the policy of the Armenian exodus from Karabakh. There is no need to meet them and give them confidence in their imaginary subjectivity... So, in 5 years, the Russian peacekeepers will have no one to protect...

For 30 years, the Armenians of Karabakh were used and , as a result, abandoned. Armenia, which guaranteed their safety, abandoned them, and having received the "Iron Fist", falls into a convulsion at every mention of Zangezur, and asks its ally to protect Armenia.  Please note that having a completely defeated army, Armenia is" proud " to announce the creation of two strongholds of the Russian military base in Zangezur.

Armenia has five army corps, two of which were stationed in Karabakh. Now they need to build new infrastructure for two corps, but there is no money for this. -0-