"The Congress held in Shusha has a great historical significance. Today, Azerbaijan has entered a new era. We have lived as an occupied country for 30 years. It was very difficult for us - for me as President, for every citizen, for you - for Azerbaijanis living abroad," said President Ilham Aliyev in his speech at the 5th Congress of World Azerbaijanis in Shusha, APA reports
Head of state noting that today situation is very different, said: "Today our foreheads are open, today our faces are smiling, today our heads are upright and it will always be so. I am fully sure that from now on the Azerbaijani people will live forever as victorious people, the Azerbaijani state will live forever as a victorious state. We are in our lands. We have firmly stood in this land and nobody can ever move us from these lands".