“The occupation of Shusha and then Lachin caused a very serious
political crisis in Azerbaijan. Taking advantage of this
opportunity, the PFPA-Musavat treacherous duo seized power
illegally one month after the occupation of Lachin, and this opened
the way for even greater tragedies,” said President Ilham Aliyev as
he received Masim Mammadov, Special Representative of the President
in Lachin District, which is included in East Zangezur economic
region.
“Less than a year later, in April 1993, Kalbajar was occupied,
and thus a geographical connection was established between the
territory of the former Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Region and the
territory of Armenia. This, of course, was the key contributor to
the defeat in the first Karabakh war,” the president added.
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