“With every neighbor, we have a special agenda of bilateral cooperation, which is different from other neighbors and with every neighbor, we always have been very fair and sincere. We never violate our promise. If we say something, our neighbors are sure that we mean it”. President Ilham Aliyev has said in his interview to the Italian “Il Sole 24 Ore” newspaper.

The head of state has emphasized that our signature has the same power as our word. Therefore, in this complicated situation, we do not have any messages neither from Russia nor Iran about our position: “Our position is straightforward. We have always supported the territorial integrity of every country, and this is a fundamental position. Yes, this was based on our own problem of violating our territorial integrity. Now that we restored it, we still have this position because the territorial integrity of a country cannot be violated by force. This is a violation of international law. Some may like this position, and some may dislike it, but they have to take it into account. So, to put it in a nutshell, we don’t have any moments which would create concern with respect to regional development”.

“You mentioned Turkiye, our ally. It is a strong global power, and, of course, the alliance declaration which we signed with Turkiye last year is a very important factor in regional stability. Since the end of the Second Karabakh War, where Turkiye showed us political and moral support, our relations have strengthened even more. So, this is an important factor, and on many issues in our region Turkiye and Azerbaijan act as one team, and this also must be taken into account by everyone”, President Ilham Aliyev has underlined.