A top official from the presidential administration has said that Azerbaijan reserves the right to restore its territorial integrity "by any means".

As Ali Hasanov noted, the restoration of territorial integrity is an internal affair of Azerbaijan.

He was asked to comment on President Ilham Aliyev's remarks that Azerbaijan “would prefer a peaceful solution to the conflict but was building up its army and on reports in opposition newspapers that Azerbaijan was about to launch military actions.”

"I do not think that this is the start of preparation for war," Hasanov said. "However, Azerbaijan is warning the whole international community that this is an internal affair of Azerbaijan and no one can interfere. We have the right to use any means to restore territorial integrity and we are preparing for this," news.az cited him as saying