Azerbaijan preserves the memory of the tragedies of the Karabakh war, but remains committed to establishing lasting peace in the South Caucasus.
“Elchi” reports that this was stated by Hikmet Hajiyev, Assistant to the President of Azerbaijan and Head of the Foreign Policy Affairs Department of the Presidential Administration, while speaking to the diplomatic corps at Karabakh University.
“For 30 years, Karabakh was associated with war, conflict, and bloodshed. However, while preserving the memory of the tragedies of the past, including the Khojaly genocide, we look to the future – to the peaceful future of Azerbaijan and the South Caucasus as a whole,” he said.
The President’s assistant noted that Azerbaijan has always prioritized good-neighborly and peaceful relations with all its neighbors in its foreign policy.
“However, because we were in a state of conflict with Armenia, it was not possible to fully realize this priority. But today I can say that Azerbaijan has established friendly and good-neighborly relations with all its neighbors, including Armenia,” he emphasized.
H. Hajiyev noted that peace is a complex and long road that requires diplomatic efforts.
“The Azerbaijani government demonstrated such diplomatic courage and extended a hand of peace to Armenia,” he stated.