28 February 2001

Azerbaijan’s rights were infringed in the past and Mehri district of Zangezur, which is the historical Azerbaijani land, was given to Armenia. From territorial point of view, this isolated Nakhchivan from Azerbaijan. During the Soviet times, we did not feel it so much. Because all countries were united. Now, especially after the start of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, this has made the situation even more tense.