Eduard Sharmazanov: I would advise Aliyev to leave the world of dreams and return to reality, and also recognize Artsakh`s right of self-determination

ArmInfo. "Aliyev's statement that  the international community should apply sanctions against Armenia is  absurd, it is about the same as if Hitler called on the international  community to impose sanctions against the USSR because of the  liberation of Poland or Czechoslovakia," ArmInfo correspondent  Vice-Speaker of the National Assembly of Armenia Eduard Sharmazanov,  commenting on the call of Azeri President Ilham Aliyev at a meeting  with the delegation of the Committee for Policy and Security of the  Council of the European Union on the need for SIC sanctions against  Armenia because of "occupation" Artsakh.

As Sharmazanov noted, Aliyev is the country's leader, where there is  no democracy and a country that conducts an open xenophobic and  anti-Armenian policy, and this is realized throughout the world,  therefore, his words are devoid of any reasoning. "He is the  initiator of the April war. Aliyev is the person who awards criminals  who cut off the heads of Armenian soldiers during the April war, like  the fighters of ISIS. What values can the words of such a person  represent," the vice speaker of the Armenian parliament said,  stressing that Azerbaijan is the aggressor, and the international  community understands this.

Concerning Aliyev's statement that Azerbaijan will "return the lost  territories" in any case, Sharmazanov advised him to leave the world  of dreams, return to reality and recognize Artsakh's right of self-  determination, which is already a fait accompli and an irreversible  fact.

Yesterday at a meeting of the delegation of the Committee on Politics  and Security of the Council of the European Union, Azerbaijani  President Ilham Aliyev once again accused Armenia of "aggression". He  noted that the international community should react to the fact that  Armenia continues to remain in the "occupied territories" and  proposed to apply sanctions against the RA. Then, from the standpoint  of Aliyev, the conflict will be quickly resolved. He also said that  Azerbaijan in any case "will return the lost territories" and the  status quo for Baku is not acceptable.