At the January 16 opening ceremony of the Olympic Multiplex in the Guzanli settlement in the border region Agdam, Trend quoted Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev as saying, “Armenia did not win the war. The war is not over. Only its first stage is completed.”  According to the news source, the president added, “Nagorno Karabakh will never become independent. This opinion is also supported by the international mediators. Armenia unwillingly accepts this reality. Earlier we spoke about vacating four of the regions, but now we speak about seven.” Aliyev also voiced his dissatisfaction with international assessments of the human rights situation in Azerbaijan. “International organizations are applying double standards,” he was reported to have said.

This information was originally published on January 17, 2008. (www.trendaz.com)