From the opening speech of the Great Leader Heydar Aliyev while receiving the veterans of the Republic of Türkiye in the Presidential Palace

15 August 2000

Unfortunately, in 1920, the Soviet government divided the Armenian-Azerbaijani border in such a way that it gave the Zangezur district, connecting Nakhchivan with Azerbaijan, to Armenia. It is the land of Azerbaijan, Azerbaijanis lived there, but it was given to Armenia. Therefore, Nakhchivan is separated from the mainland of Azerbaijan.