841: On the Road to Baku. 1/2 After missile barrages and urbicide, de-escalation can have a spillover effect and generate regional peace. @HikmetHajiyev
Image: Destroyed city. Hikmet Hajiyev, @HikmetHajiyev, Foreign Policy Advisor to the President of Azerbaijan, also Head of Foreign Policy Affairs Department of the Presidential Administration (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidential_Administration_of_Azerbaijan) ; in re: The conflict is resolved, but is still a fascination to outsiders. What does it mean to the people of Azerbaijan? They were suffering from the occupation and the military [intrusions] of Armenia. Unfortunately, Armenia did not demonstrate good will in the negotiations. On 27 September, early in the morning, they began bombarding civilians on our side of the Line of Control. Our people rose up and said, Enough! Our armed forces demonstrated considerable professionalism, and courage, and better tactics. We avoided collateral damage. Armenia built huge WWII-sort of barricades. Now, de-escalation can have a spillover effect and generate regional peace. My president proposed a new __, with immense possibilities for security [and economic development] to build a prosperous region including Iran. The liberated regions have immense possibilities for economic development. We organized a visit of international journalists; I’ve never seen such destruction. They destroyed everything. For thirty years, they did nothing to develop the occupied area. Urbicide. The physical infrastructure of the cities has been destroyed. Moscow and Ankara.