From the meeting of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev with the soldiers at the military unit No “N” on the frontline in Goranboy district

21 January 2012

The current state of Armenia was established on historically Azerbaijani lands. On my advice our scientists have created wonderful books and researches about this history. In particular, the Iravan khanate is our ancient historical land. The Iravan khanate, Zangezur, Karabakh are our territories. From here, from your battle positions, we can see the Gulistan village. The same village of Gulistan where the treaty was signed. After that agreement and the treaty of Turkmenchay, the Armenians were resettled here en masse from the territory of contemporary Iran.