YEREVAN. - Armenian MFA commented on Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev’s statement at Congress of World Azerbaijanis that Armenians are guests in Karabakh and Armenian State is built on historic Azerbaijani lands.

“These kinds of pearls from the president of Azerbaijan are amusing, taken into account that Azerbaijan is a county that could not be found on the world map a century ago. Most probably this is the hidden motive for barbarous extermination of centuries-old cultural heritage of Armenians and everything that reminds of Armenians on the territory of a state that is called Azerbaijan today,” reads the statement of Armenian MFA.

Commenting upon the statement of Azerbaijani president on the military factor, Armenian MFA stressed that during the years of Azerbaijani aggression against the right for self-determination of Nagorno-Karabakh (Artsakh) Republic, when Azerbaijani youngsters were sent to the frontline as a cannon fodder, Aliyev was far away.

“Aliev is still far away from the frontline, not only ignorant of the history of the region but also of international law and the actual essence of negotiation process. He lives in a world of illusions. In the event of renewed hostilities, it is difficult to say, the capital of which state would agree to shelter Mr. Aliyev,” reads the statement of Armenian MFA.