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Rafael Agayev: "I have enlisted in the army, I am waiting for order" (Report)
"The situation is obvious. Everyone is anxiously waiting for the news of victory. We support our army and we show it all the time", said Rafael Agayev, the 5-time world and 11-time European champion in karate, while talking about the events taking place in the front area.
The 35-year-old sportsman commented on the opinions expressed by Henrik Mkhitaryan, the football player of the Armenian national team, and the Italian "Roma" regarding Karabakh: "Mkhitaryan is making up his ideas. For centuries, the world has known that Karabakh is Azerbaijan. This is unambiguous. There is a case in which there are two approaches to some conversation or issue, but this one has one approach. Karabakh is Azerbaijan. Armenians can say many things. Karabakh is our past. Even when I talk about the senseless ideas of Armenians, I get angry, I get goosebumps. I say it again and everyone knows that Karabakh belongs to Azerbaijan. As it was before, it will be the same now. Mkhitaryan can say a lot. He has uttered nonsense thoughts but I told the truth."
Agayev emphasized the need to be patient at this moment and expressed his condolences to our martyrs: "We must be patient. May God protect our Commander-in-Chief and our soldiers. We pray for mercy for those who passed away. May God have mercy on all our martyrs. Martyrs' mothers are our mothers, their sisters are our sisters. May God have mercy on our brothers."
The well-known athlete added that he signed up for the Army online after the Tovuz battles and is currently waiting for an order: "I don't want to publicize this, but we are waiting for an order. I and thousands of young people like me are ready to fight. Let's win and hoist our flag in Karabakh. If we survive or die, we will be glad for it. Not every person is destined to be martyred. Azerbaijani men are ready to fight at any time."