President Aliyev: Azerbaijan supports territorial integrity of Ukraine

President Ilham Aliyev said the principles of the international law should be fair to all countries.

“We support the territorial integrity of Ukraine, like other countries, and we openly declare this, we do not hide behind a tree. Yes, we do not deny that we have good relations with Russia. In no case should the principles of international law be distorted due to political superiority," Aliyev said on Friday at a meeting with participants in the international conference "South Caucasus: Development and Cooperation," Interfax-Azerbaijan reports.

According to him, the international community treated Azerbaijan selectively regarding its territorial integrity.

“Even before the events in Ukraine, the international community has always, in a very open form, supported the territorial integrity of Georgia and Moldova. But when it came to us, the message was: “conclude a peace treaty with Armenia.” But how can you make peace with an aggressor who has seized your lands?” President Aliyev said.

“We have been trying to achieve this for 17 years, and we have seen that it is impossible. Then we saw the following: the more we tried to achieve peace, the more aggressive the aggressor became. Armenia has already begun to threaten us with a new war. They said: "Karabakh is Armenia", and now they say, "Karabakh is Azerbaijan". And who says it? The same people who called Karabakh Armenian in 2019. We have created new realities with our own hands, due to our power, our spirit.”