Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev’s statement that Zangezur region is originally Azerbaijani land and should be eventually be in the territory of Azerbaijan, is the echo to Madrid Principles, Heritage Fraction member, analyst Stepan Safaryan told in an interview with NEWS.am.

“Azerbaijan lays claims not merely on Nagorno-Karabakh, but the whole Armenia. Armenian authorities should have realized this long ago before mentioning the absence of preconditions in the negotiation process,” Safaryan said.

According to him, Azerbaijan does not adhere to OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs’ call on Nagorno-Karabakh conflict resolution not to make tough statements that may backpedal the talks. “However Aliyev considers himself so untrammeled by the inaction of international community and Armenian authorities, that presumes himself to talk of Nakhchivan and Zangezur,” the analyst outlined adding that Armenian leadership should make clear conclusions and finally take decisive steps.

Aliyev’s speech abounds in aggressive invectives as always, the head of the “Noravank” Scientific-Research Foundation Gagik Harutyunyan told NEWS.am. Referring to Aliyev’s statement on Zangezur region, Harutyunyan noted that his expression is obviously esteemed as another territorial claim against Armenia.

October 3, 2009 the summit of the Turkish speaking countries was held in Nakhchivan City. The heads of countries, including Turkish President Abdullah Gul participated in the summit. Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev made another provocative statement in the course of the meeting. Particularly, he touched upon the issue of historical Nakhchivan and Zangezur regions. “The separation of originally Azerbaijani land Zangezur region and its joining Armenia broke down the large Turkic world,” Aliyev mentioned.