President: Armenian population of Karabakh region of Azerbaijan are citizens of Azerbaijan

The Armenian population who still lives in the Karabakh region of Azerbaijan are the citizens of Azerbaijan, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said at the opening of the First Azerbaijan National Urban Forum in Aghdam, Report informs.

"We are not going to discuss how we gonna organize their life on our territory with any international player," the head of state said.

President Aliyev noted that Karabakh is an Azerbaijani land.

"The Second Karabakh War proved it on the ground. During the times of occupation, no country in the world, including Armenia, did not recognize this artification structure," the head of state said.