From the speech of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev at the opening ceremony of the first stage of “Smart Village” project in Agali village of Zangilan district

27 May 2022

In November 1920, by a decision of the Soviet government, our historical land of Western Zangezur was separated from Azerbaijan and annexed to Armenia without any grounds whatsoever. That was another act of enmity and injustice against our people. The Azerbaijani people lived for centuries in the east and the west of Zangezur. And all the toponyms of West Zangezur in present-day Armenia, the national composition of all the villages belonged to the Azerbaijani people.