"It is too early to reveal all the secrets of the war. Very interesting points will emerge in the future, but today I can say with full confidence that the Agdam operation was already part of the plan."
Eurasia Diary reports that this was stated by Ilham Aliyev, President of Azerbaijan, Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces in his speech in front of the Aghdam Mosque.
Head of state has noted that we would have liberated Agdam, anyway: "But there would have been a great number of casualties. Therefore, after liberating Shusha and more than 70 of our villages on 9 November, we defeated the enemy, they surrendered, raised a white flag, complied with my terms, and admitted their defeat"