From the speech of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev at the second meeting of the heads of the diplomatic services of the Republic of Azerbaijan

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From the speech of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev at the second meeting of the heads of the diplomatic services of the Republic of Azerbaijan

14 August 2006

From the historical point of view, Karabakh has always been the land of Azerbaijan, it is our land. You probably know very well that Iravan was given to Armenia by the Democratic Republic of Azerbaijan when it was established. Most of the people living in the Iravan Khanate were Azerbaijanis. All the inhabitants of Zangezur region were Azerbaijanis. Therefore, from the historical point of view, this is our land.