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By Trend

As Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev has said in his speeches, the country has entered the new stage of its development strategy – the post-oil period, Azerbaijani president’s aide for public and political affairs Ali Hasanov.

Hasanov made the remarks in his interview with Trend on Oct. 20 on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of restoration of Azerbaijan’s independence.

“The sustainable socio-economic development and socio-political stability in Azerbaijan, rich scientific and technical, material and moral resources, advanced industry, energy, agriculture, food supply, processing plants, fully reconstructed transportation, communication and energy systems, routes for export of hydrocarbon products, use of advanced technologies in all spheres of the social life, education and other such factors are the preconditions for the country’s future successful development,” said Hasanov.

He noted that the main goal of the policy, as well as political and economic reforms, pursued currently in the country, based on the requirements of the post-oil period, is first of all to continue the country’s socio-economic development, even more strengthen its leading position in international community and fully meet the growing material and moral demand of the population in the future as well by creating a flexible, operative and effective governance system and by benefiting from the existing internal opportunities more effectively and comprehensively.

Hasanov further touched upon the Armenia-Azerbaijan Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, saying that it is the most important problem Azerbaijan has been facing in its path of national development since it gained its independence.

He noted that the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict is the main factor impeding the region’s economic and political cooperation environment, the peace and security as a whole.

“Despite the fact that over the past years, Azerbaijan has conducted an active policy to solve the conflict in line with the principles of international law, it has been impossible to eliminate the problem due to Armenia’s non-constructive position,” said Hasanov.

“Despite the negotiations in different formats within the OSCE for more than 20 years, the conflict’s settlement has been prolonged due to Armenia’s non-constructive and aggressive position and there is no a real result so far,” he added.

“Based on the main principles of international law and in order to exercise its national rights, Azerbaijan declares that a status of autonomy can be granted to Armenians living in Nagorno-Karabakh only within Azerbaijan's territorial integrity,” noted the top official.

Hasanov added that unfortunately, every time, when Azerbaijan declares the right to liberate its lands by any means, the country faces the protest of international forces and they imitate that they will increase their efforts for the sake of the conflict’s settlement.

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