President of Azerbaijan: What was seen in Shusha is the illustration of Armenia’s barbarism and vandalism

“What you’ve seen is, I think, the best illustration of what we had to experience during the 30 years of occupation,” Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said at a meeting with participants of the international conference 'South Caucasus: Development and Cooperation,' Report informs.

“These mass destructions and devastation was not a result of the first Karabakh war; that was a result of barbarism and vandalism committed by Armenia throughout the 30 years of occupation,” he noted.

“I’d like to express gratitude to ADA University for hosting this event, it’s already a tradition. We met last April here and discussed broad range of issues related to post-conflict situation. I’d like to express gratitude to all the participants, to our guests for visiting us, and for travelling to Shusha. I’m sure it was an interesting journey, to see the beauties of Karabakh and at the same time devastations en route to Shusha. All our villages, most of our cities have been destroyed, knocked to the ground.”