Ilham Aliyev: Current Azerbaijan Army is stronger than the Azerbaijan Army two years ago

The current Azerbaijan Army is stronger than the Azerbaijan Army two years ago, and everyone should know this, President Ilham Aliyev said, speaking in front of the servicemen in Shusha on November 8, Report informs, citing AZERTAC.

"I can say that our Armed Forces have grown even stronger in the last two years. Structural reforms have been conducted, new units have been established, the number of existing formations has been increased, they have been supplied with weaponry, ammunition and new equipment at the highest possible level. The current Azerbaijan Army is stronger than the Azerbaijan Army two years ago, and everyone should know this. Armenia and everyone else should know this!"

"This is why the road to Victory passed through different directions. Of course, the creation of strong Armed Forces was the top priority, and we did that. In parallel with this, many years of domestic stability, peace and security in the country certainly strengthened us even more. Because let me say this again. I never want to draw any comparisons but it is impossible to hide anything in today's world. Everything is in plain sight – many countries are struggling with domestic problems, many countries are facing internal crises, mutual distrust, disruption of public order, a gap between the people and the government. What do we see here in Azerbaijan – domestic stability, national unity, national solidarity, unity between the people and the government. This is a great result of our policy. All our steps, including all my steps as President from 2003 to this day have been aimed at strengthening Azerbaijan. Before the Patriotic War, all my steps served the sole purpose of liberating our lands, expelling the enemy from our lands, and we succeeded in doing that. I said during the occupation, in fact, I said several times that each of us should bring the day of liberation, this holy day closer with our work, and we brought it closer and closer. We dealt such a crushing blow to the enemy that they are still unable to recover from it. Look at the processes going on in Armenia. They are now spewing their anger and poison at each other. Notice the processes taking place in the past two years," the head of state said.