Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev once again made various accusations against Armenia.

During the opening ceremony of the 2026 Annual Meetings of the Islamic Development Bank Group in Baku, he stated that “Azerbaijani territories have been under occupation for 30 years, and meaningless negotiations have been held during that time.”

Referring to the OSCE Minsk Group, he claimed that “their only goal is to maintain Armenia’s occupation of Azerbaijani territories.”

“The OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs—France, Russia, and the United States, which are permanent members of the UN Security Council and had a mandate to achieve peace and liberate our territories from occupation, were unable to force Armenia to leave the Azerbaijani territories. At the beginning of the negotiation process, we had high hopes. We were trying to resolve the issue peacefully, trying to explain to the great powers that the truth is on our side, because our territories were occupied. In response, they were telling us ‘go and negotiate.’ This was only one of the messages. The second was that there is no other solution. The third was that ‘you cannot start a war,’ and the fourth was that ‘if you start a war, sanctions will be applied against you,’” Aliyev said.

Also, he once again baselessly accused Armenia of committing crimes.

“Today, there is a lot of talk about sanctions. When these or those events take place in different parts of the world, sanctions immediately come into force. Meanwhile, during the occupation of Azerbaijani territories, such steps were not taken against Armenia. This is a vivid example of double standards and a serious contradiction between declared values and real policy,” Aliyev said, in particular.

In addition, he stated that Azerbaijan allegedly offered peace to Armenia, despite the fact that it “suffered from occupation and destruction.”

“Azerbaijan and Armenia have been living in peace for a year now and see its advantages. We will never forget what the Armenian occupation forces did to our people and cities,” the Azerbaijani president added, in part.