Azerbaijani presdient Ilham Aliyev intentionally misinformed the participants of the SCO meeting in Samarkand about the alleged "settlement" of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

By "settlement" the Azerbaijani president means the war unleashed by Azerbaijan and Turkey against Artsakh and Armenia in autumn 2020.

"The settlement of the Karabakh conflict at the end of 2020 has created new opportunities for the development of transport and communication projects in our region," Aliyev said.

He backed up the first voiced lie with the second one, noting that "opening of Zangezur corridor it will further increase the transport capacities of the countries of the region and will be beneficial for all countries located along this route." The Armenian authorities categorically deny the possibility of providing "corridor", arguing that it can only be about the opening of transport communications under the sovereignty of the countries where the roads pass.

"Azerbaijan presented Armenia 5 main principles of the peace treaty based on mutual recognition of sovereignty and territorial integrity. Now we must start working on a draft peace agreement without preconditions and artificial delays," Aliyev said in an ultimatum.