President: “During the occupation, Armenia only plundered our natural resources”

During the occupation, Armenia plundered Azerbaijan’s natural resources.

TodayPress TV reports that Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev made these remarks in his address to the nation from Khankendi on the occasion of Victory Day.

“Today, we are building and creating in liberated Karabakh. Today, we, the rightful owners of these lands, are showing the entire world that this is our land. Because we are a people who build and create. During the occupation, Armenia did nothing but plunder our natural resources, cut down our forests and illegally exploit our mines. We, on the other hand, are rebuilding cities from scratch”,- the President said.

The head of state recalled that all Azerbaijani cities and villages had been razed to the ground during the occupation:

“This was unprecedented barbarism. Our historical monuments and mosques were destroyed and desecrated by Armenia. Now, large-scale reconstruction work is underway, and the “Great Return” Programme is being implemented. Already, 97.000 people live, study and work in the liberated territories, and every month we witness the return of former internally displaced persons to their ancestral lands”.