Azerbaijan presidential adviser: Reconciliation possible if Armenia offers apology for past atrocities

A good way to start securing peace would be for Armenia to apologize, Hikmat Hajiyev, adviser to Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev and the head of the foreign policy affairs department of the presidential administration, told Arab News.

In response to a question regarding the discussion of the Lachin road in the UN Security Council and Armenia's claim that the Armenian population of Karabakh is experiencing a "humanitarian crisis", Hajiyev called them unsubstantiated and ungrounded allegations against Azerbaijan.

“What Azerbaijan is suggesting is to have multiple roads. And one of the important roads is the Aghdam-Khankandi road. It is much more efficient and has more logistical capabilities to reach out to the Karabakh region because Azerbaijan has completely rebuilt it,” he said.