Russians, Georgians, Jews and other peoples living in Azerbaijan form basis of multi-confessional state: Naghiyev

Currently, some Armenian ideologues are raising the issue of the impossibility of the coexistence of Armenians and Azerbaijanis, referring to history, the chief of the State Security Service, Colonel-General Ali Naghiyev, said at the international conference on "Increasing national and global efforts to clarify the fate of missing persons", Report informs.

"Then the question arises as to how it happened that until the beginning of the military conflict, the Armenian population lived in comfortable conditions in the city of Baku and other parts of Azerbaijan, including Karabakh, and had sufficient influence in the society. Unlike monoethnic Armenia, the Russian, Georgian, Jewish, and other peoples living in Azerbaijan today form the basis of a multi-ethnic and multi-confessional state," the chief of the service said.

"We invite the Armenian population of Azerbaijan to live with us. The state of Azerbaijan and Azerbaijanis do not want war. Today, we are prioritizing the faster restoration of our settlements destroyed as a result of military aggression and the return of 750,000 displaced people to their homes in a short period of time," he stressed.