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The Spanish La Vanguardıa newspaper (founded in Barcelona in 1881) widely covered the speech made by Azerbaijani President, Supreme Commander-in-Chief Ilham Aliyev during a meeting with the wounded servicemen undergoing treatment at Central Military Clinical Hospital of Defense Ministry.
The newspaper, citing President Ilham Aliyev, said that military operations will continue until the Armenian armed forces completely withdraw from the occupied Azerbaijani territories.
“We have one condition – they must leave our lands unconditionally, completely and immediately. This condition is still standing, and if the Armenian government fulfills it, the fighting will cease, bloodshed will stop, and there will be peace. Peace will come to our region. We want peace, we want this issue resolved,” La Vanguardıa quoted the Azerbaijani president as saying.
The Spanish newspaper emphasized President Ilham Aliyev’s remarks that “international law is on the Azerbaijani side, and Azerbaijan is restoring its territorial integrity”.
It was also noted that the main goal of the fighting, which has been going on for the fourth day, is to restore historical justice. Nagorno-Karabakh is the native, ancient, historical land of Azerbaijan. As a result of the successful operations by the Azerbaijani Army, strategic heights, as well as a number of territories under the occupation of Armenia for a long time, were liberated.
“We were encouraged, they sent us signals that we should bear with them a little longer and the issue would be resolved. But I said that the Azerbaijani people will never accept this occupation. I said that if the issue was not resolved through negotiations, then Azerbaijan had every right to resolve this issue by military means,” the Spanish newspaper cited President Ilham Aliyev as saying. “We have nothing against the Armenian people. Azerbaijan is a multinational state; many nations live here in peace and tranquillity, including the Armenian people. Thousands of Armenians live in Azerbaijan. There are not pushed around because they are our citizens.”