From the speech of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev at the inauguration ceremony

18 April 2018

We are also informing the world community, the world public that not only Nagorno-Karabakh but also the present-day Armenia are our historical lands. We are saying this to the world community not only in word but also with evidence. Researchs and history books are being written. Archives are studied. There are quite a few of historical documents confirming this. At the beginning of the 19th century, the Azerbaijanis accounted for 80 per cent of the population of the Iravan Khanate. We experienced several deportation campaigns. We must communicate this information and we do. And this is effective.