“There was a visit by Catholicos Garegin several years ago. I met with him in my office. He visited the Armenian church in the center of Baku and was surprised that we keep more than 5,000 books in Armenian in this church. He witnessed this himself. I can give many more such examples – MPs, public figures and citizens of other countries with Armenian roots. We don't have any restrictions.” President Ilham Aliyev has said during the meeting with Russia’s top mass media leaders at TASS headquarters.

There are, or rather, there were concerns that in cases when this happens somewhat chaotically, there was a certain risk that there might be some kind of incidents: “Because for almost 30 years, all Azerbaijani cultural, historical and religious heritage in Karabakh and Zangazur was destroyed”, the head of state emphasized.

President Ilham Aliyev has noted that we still have about 4,000 missing people. Unfortunately, they are not being returned. We are not being told about mass grave sites.