“Presenting themselves as false heroes at this event in Armenia — saying that they ‘stopped Azerbaijan, otherwise this aggressive Azerbaijan would have destroyed Armenia’ — is all nonsense. We have never had, do not have, and will not have such intentions unless further provocations are committed,” he said.
Aliyev also warned against anti-Azerbaijani forces within Armenia’s political sphere, saying renewed provocations could destabilise the region.
Armenia and Azerbaijan have fought a series of cross-border wars since the late 1980s, including most recently in 2023, when Baku liberated its territory of Karabakh.
In January 2023, the Council of the EU was established to secure the border areas of Armenia and “ensure an environment conducive to normalisation efforts between Armenia and Azerbaijan supported by the EU.”
