Azerbaijani President: There is no status quo, no line of contact

"There is no so-called status quo. Those days are over. The status quo should be like this; it should be like that. I changed it on the battlefield. There is no status quo. Contact line - no contact line, split it. They had been building this line of contact for 30 years. The relief of this region is such that it is a natural fortification. We go from the bottom up. Concrete fortifications had been built there - for 30 years! We broke through! No one can say anything in front of an Azerbaijani soldier. We have destroyed that line of contact today. They say there will be a new line of contact. It will not happen, " said President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev.

"We will take back our lands. Which line of contact can we talk about? We have shown will, strength, relied on the will of our people, and today we are winning - a historic victory. This win is the brightest among the Azerbaijani people's victories and will continue in the future. We will restore our lands. We will restore our territorial integrity. We will continue to chase the enemy. I know that the Azerbaijani people liked my words. We will chase them to the end. Our flag will be raised in all occupied lands; Azerbaijan will restore its territorial integrity. Long live the Azerbaijani army! Karabakh is Azerbaijan," he added.