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7/20/2025, 4:09:14 PM
President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev advised Ukrainians “not to accept occupation” in response to a question from Ukrainian journalist Dmytro Gordon about what the Azerbaijani President could advise the Ukrainian people during wartime.
“That’s what we did. During the years of negotiations — and I was involved from the end of 2003, for 17 years — there were many proposals, many meetings. There were many messages saying that we needed to accept the realities. And when I said no, it was perceived as a challenge to the powerful of this world. All our arguments about international law, about the UN Security Council adopting four resolutions demanding the withdrawal of Armenian forces — all of that ran into the wall of arrogant moralizing: ‘accept the realities.’ And then we decided that we would create new realities, and you would have to accept them. And that’s exactly what happened,” he noted.
“That’s what we did. During the years of negotiations — and I was involved from the end of 2003, for 17 years — there were many proposals, many meetings. There were many messages saying that we needed to accept the realities. And when I said no, it was perceived as a challenge to the powerful of this world. All our arguments about international law, about the UN Security Council adopting four resolutions demanding the withdrawal of Armenian forces — all of that ran into the wall of arrogant moralizing: ‘accept the realities.’ And then we decided that we would create new realities, and you would have to accept them. And that’s exactly what happened,” he noted.
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