Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev on Sunday, October 15 made new threats to Armenia when raising the flag of Azerbaijan in Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) capital Stepanakert.
Ali "if any force in Armenia is still thinking about revenge, let them carefully look "at the footage of the capture of the former leaders of Karabakh. Aliyev called the latter "clowns."
"I wonder if the man sitting in one of these buildings, who called himself 'prime minister,' will dare to threaten us [Azerbaijan] today?" Today, he is also served tea in the [Azerbaijani] detention cell," the president of Azerbaijan said.
He pledged that Azerbaijanis will stay in Artsakh "forever."
Also, Aliyev desecrated the Artsakh national flag by being photographed standing on it.
On September 19, Azerbaijan launched a military offensive against Nagorno-Karabakh, which left hundreds of Armenians killed and thousands of others displaced. On September 20, the authorities of Nagorno-Karabakh agreed to a ceasefire on Azerbaijan’s terms, including the dissolution of the Defense Army. On September 18, President of the Republic of Artsakh Samvel Shahramanyan signed a decree, according to which the Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh (Artsakh) will cease to exist by January 1, 2024. Over 100,000 displaced residents have already fled Nagorno-Karabakh and reached Armenia.