The speech of RA President Serzh Sargsyan at the Konrad Adenauer Foundation was followed by questions. A certain Gajibeyli, who claimed to be from Aghdam, addressed the President, “Since 1992 my village has been occupied by Armenian-Russian units. It is already for 18 years that I have been unable to return to my motherland. How long will you occupy my motherland?” he asked.

“Until you, Mr. Gajibeyli, stop making four serious mistakes in one sentence,” the Armenian President replied. “First, it was Azerbaijan that attacked Nagorno-Karabakh from Aghdam in 1992 and occupied its major part. Besides, there was not a single Russian soldier in the mentioned region and you should not explain your defeat by any other reasons. Thirdly, I have no relation to the forces deployed in that region to be able to help you. That region is controlled by the armed forces of Nagorno-Karabakh and this situation was imposed upon them – Karabakh with a population of 150,000 could not have started hostilities against Azerbaijan, with its population of several millions. That was an imposed war, which made the Karabakh people to take up arms and save their independence at the expense of their children’s lives,” Serzh Sargsyan said.