President Aliyev: Azerbaijan forced Armenia to accept its defeat in 44 days

President Ilham Aliyev has said that Azerbaijan forced Armenia to accept its defeat following the 44-day war in 2022.

Aliyev made the remarks in a joint press conference with Chancellor of Germany Olaf Scholz in Berlin on March 14, Azertag reports.

"I want German media representatives to know that Azerbaijani lands had been under Armenian occupation for nearly 30 years. As a result of this occupation and ethnic cleansing, nearly 20 per cent of our lands were occupied, a million Azerbaijanis were expelled from their native lands by Armenia and became refugees," Aliyev said.

“Two and a half years ago, as a result of the Patriotic War, we restored our dignity, territorial integrity and rights on the battlefield, defeated Armenia and forced Armenia to vacate our lands. Thus, Armenia, which did not implement four resolutions of the UN Security Council for 28 years, had to come to terms with its defeat in a matter of 44 days,” the President of Azerbaijan emphasized.