Japan’s “ajmedia.jp” portal has published articles highlighting Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev’s remarks made at the 9th Summit of the Organization of Turkic States (OTS) in Samarkand, Uzbekistan.

The articles, published in English and Japanese languages, drew the reader’s attention to the key points from President Ilham Aliyev’s speech at the Summit.

The articles quoted the Azerbaijani President as saying: “In October, Azerbaijan and Armenia officially recognized each other’s sovereignty and territorial integrity by joint statements adopted in Prague and Sochi. It once again demonstrates that the Karabakh conflict was left in the past.”

“Although the 30-year occupation is over, its severe consequences are still there. Nine cities and hundreds of villages of Azerbaijan were wiped off the face of the earth by Armenia. Aghdam, once a large and prosperous city, has been destroyed to an extent that foreign experts call it the Hiroshima of the Caucasus. During the occupation, Armenia destroyed 65 out of 67 mosques, while the remaining two mosques were seriously damaged and used to keep pigs and cows. This is an insult to the entire Muslim world. Islamophobia and Turkophobia form the basis of Armenia’s official ideology.

The young generation of the Turkic world should have the opportunity to study in their mother tongue in the countries of their residence. Unfortunately, majority of the 40 million Azerbaijanis living outside Azerbaijan are deprived of these opportunities. Education of our compatriots living outside Turkic states in their mother tongue should always be on the agenda of the organization. Necessary steps should be taken in this direction”.

Source: AZERTAC, Azerbaijan State News Agency