Hajiyev: Karabakh is internal issue of Azerbaijan

Baku is aimed at a peaceful resolution of existing issues with Yerevan, Assistant to the President of Azerbaijan - Head of Foreign Policy Affairs Department of the Presidential Administration Hikmet Hajiyev said in an interview with TASS, Report informs.

When asked whether Azerbaijan could again resort to force, as it did in 2020, the adviser to the head of the republic refrained from making hypothetical forecasts.

"I would not like to comment on hypothetical scenarios. Azerbaijan is a responsible member of the international community and always acts in accordance with the provisions of its constitution and international law. We are aimed at peaceful resolution of all existing issues," he emphasized.

Commenting on the topic of possible compromises that Baku is ready to make in dialogue with Yerevan, Hajiyev noted that the Azerbaijani side will not discuss "either with Armenia or with any third country issues that call into question the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Azerbaijan."

"Attempts to interfere in the internal affairs of our state, including by pushing the topic of creating some kind of international mechanisms for dialogue between the central government of Azerbaijan and the ethnic Armenian minority in Karabakh, are doomed to failure," he noted.

"Karabakh is an internal issue of Azerbaijan, and any attempt to challenge this is counterproductive from the perspective of achieving sustainable peace in the region," he added.