Despite the three-decades-long Armenian occupation, Azerbaijan is keen to turn the page of war, normalize the relations and sign a peace agreement with Armenia based on mutual recognition of sovereignty and territorial integrity of each other, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said in a video format at the 11th Session of the World Urban Forum under the motto "Transforming our Cities for a Better Urban Future" in Katowice, Poland.
"Foreign diplomats, journalists, and representatives of international NGOs have witnessed this vandalism during their visits to the liberated territories and documented the whole scale of destruction. Despite the three-decades-long Armenian occupation, Azerbaijan is keen to turn the page of war, normalize the relations and sign a peace agreement with Armenia based on mutual recognition of sovereignty and territorial integrity of each other. Azerbaijan presented five basic principles for peace negotiations, and Armenia accepted them. We believe that a peace agreement would turn our region into a region of peace and cooperation," the head of state noted.