{"id":5591,"date":"2020-11-08T13:57:48","date_gmt":"2020-11-08T09:57:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/qarabag.com\/?p=5591"},"modified":"2020-11-08T20:04:32","modified_gmt":"2020-11-08T16:04:32","slug":"statements-by-the-president-of-azerbaijan-ilham-aliyev-on-the-city-of-shusha-and-its-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/qarabag.com\/statements-by-the-president-of-azerbaijan-ilham-aliyev-on-the-city-of-shusha-and-its-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Statements by the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev on the city of Shusha and its history\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"
On November 8th the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev announced the liberation of the city of Shusha, founded in 1756-1757 by the Turkic ruler of the Karabakh Khanate, Panakh Khan. Below we publish a selection of statements by President Aliyev since the beginning of the Second Karabakh War, September 27, 2020, about this historical center of the Azerbaijani people in Karabakh and about its past.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Address to the nation (27.09.20)<\/b><\/p>\n \u201cThe \u201cinauguration\u201d of the head of the notorious criminal regime of the junta was held recently in the ancient city of Shusha, our ancient Azerbaijan. Is this not a provocation? This is an insult to us\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n ***<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cRecently, a decision was made to move the parliament of the self-proclaimed “Nagorno-Karabakh Republic” to the ancient Azerbaijani city of Shusha. This is another provocation\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n ***<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cRecently several families of Lebanese Armenians were settled in Nagorno-Karabakh, including in the ancient city of Azerbaijan – Shusha. This is a war crime\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n From a speech at a meeting of the UN Security Council (27.09.20)<\/b><\/p>\n “The surrender (<\/span>to the Armenians<\/span><\/i>) of the city of Shusha (in 1992) took place precisely as a result of the struggle for power going on then. The occupation of the Kelbajar region, Lachin is the direct responsibility of the authorities of the Popular Front of Azerbaijan”.<\/span><\/p>\n From the interview to TV-channel Russia-1 (29.09.20)<\/b><\/p>\n \u201c… The Armenian side publicly demonstratively announces about the resettlement of Armenians from Lebanon to the occupied territories and to our ancient Azerbaijani city of Shusha, which is a war crime. This is in violation of the Geneva Convention. This is done demonstratively. Prior to that, they held the so-called “inauguration” of the so-called leader of the criminal Nagorno-Karabakh regime <\/span>in the city of Shusha, the ancient pearl of Azerbaijani culture<\/span>. All these are deliberate provocations against us, dragging us into conflict and provoking retaliatory actions\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n From the speech at the meeting with wounded servicemen undergoing treatment at Central Military Clinical Hospital of Defense Ministry (30.09.20)<\/b><\/p>\n \u201c<\/span>Karabakh is our native, ancient and historical land. Suffice it to look at the history of the Karabakh khanate to see that the people of Azerbaijan have lived, built and created on these lands for centuries. Our sacred city of Shusha was built by the Azerbaijanis.<\/span> The lands under occupation today are our historical lands\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n From the interview to the TV-channel Al-Jazeera (02.10.20)<\/b><\/p>\n \u201cAnother provocation was the organization in the ancient Azerbaijani city of Shusha “inauguration” of the so-called “leader of Nagorno-Karabakh”. None of the other so-called “leaders of Nagorno-Karabakh” did this. Why did he do it? To offend the Azerbaijanis. Then they decided to transfer the so-called “parliament of Nagorno-Karabakh” from Khankenda to the city of Shusha. Why? To insult Azerbaijanis even more\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n From the address to the nation (04.10.20)<\/b><\/p>\n \u201cI wanted this issue to be resolved peacefully. They didn\u2019t listen. We thought that the Azerbaijani people and I, the President of Azerbaijan, would put up with this ?! They believed that our holy city of Shusha would remain under the thumb of the Armenians, and I would put up with that?! Should we negotiate with the Armenian executioners striking a blow at the history of the Azerbaijani people ?! The Azerbaijani people were insulted, the leader of the notorious regime held his “inauguration” in the city of Shusha. Now I’ll see about the inauguration. Wake will be held! Now he ran away and hid like a mouse. Let him come out! The Prime Minister of Armenia starts dancing in the city of Shusha, on Dzhidir Dyuzu, and thinks that we will put up with it ?! Wrong! We will never accept this!\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n From the interview to Trt Haber (05.10.20)<\/b><\/p>\n