ArmInfo. 'Azerbaijan does not and will never participate in the process that would suggest a mechanism of legal separation of Nagorno-Karabakh from Azerbaijan. This is our unique position', President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev says in an interview with Russian media, Trend reported.
'The position of Azerbaijan on Nagorno-Karabakh reflects the security of people who live now and will live there; reflects the issues of local self-government of Nagorno-Karabakh; reflects the restoration of the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan.
In this context, the decision on the status of Nagorno-Karabakh may be postponed to an indefinite period. Unilateral decision on the status of Nagorno-Karabakh can not be made>, Aliyev says.
'It needs to remove the consequences of the conflict, attain the withdrawal of Armenian occupying forces from the territory, which is located around the administrative border of the former Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Republic. But step by step.
Baku hopes that the Armenian side will approach these issues in a constructive manner and from the point of view of international law. Because it would be impossible to resolve this issue outside the international law.
We understand the importance for the Armenian side to have a ground connection between Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh. We see no problems in this regard. And the questions related to the Lachin corridor can be effectively solved - so there is no concern for those who live in Nagorno-Karabakh today, and the Azerbaijani population, who will return there after the solution of the conflict. At the same time, we understand that in order to resolve the conflict, the people who live there should feel safe, should have an opportunity for self-government, should live their lives. In this regard, we have no attempt of diktat or attempt of interference in their lives. So, I think that the combination of these factors could lead to a breakthrough in the solution', Ilham Aliyev says.