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PanARMENIAN.Net - "The Armenian solution of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict is a dream,"

President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev stated at a meeting with

students of Warsaw University in Poland. As PanARMENIAN.Net got to know

from own sources, Aliyev stated that "the only true option of solving the

problem in compliance with the international law is that proposed by

Azerbaijan." "Armenians let Azeri refugees return to Karabakh, Azerbaijan

provides wide autonomy to Karabakh within the borders of Azerbaijan, as

well as security guarantees, which will allow Karabakh to enhance the level

of economy, and Armenia should refuse the occupied territories," Aliyev

noted. "Armenia is trying to build its own state at the expense of the

others. What if Armenians had tried to get the states, where they live -

and there are many," he emphasized. As noted by Aliyev, "Nagorno Karabakh

is a historical Azeri land and has never been Armenian." "Armenians were

moved there from Turkey and Iran in the 19-th centu!

ry," he added. To confirm his words Aliyev cited the fact that the word

"Karabakh" means nothing in Armenian, while in Azerbaijani it "large

garden." As noted by the Azeri President, when the issue of borders was

decided after the collapse of the Soviet Union, it was decided from the

point of view of history, and at that time 75% of Karabakh population were

Armenians, while 25% were Azerbaijanis. "After the collapse of the Soviet

Union a separatist movement appeared in Karabakh, which resulted in 1

million refugees in Azerbaijan today and occupation of 20% of the territory

by Armenia," he stated. At that Aliyev said he hoped for the Nagorno

Karabakh problem to be solved within the Council of Europe framework.