Karabakh is ours, and Karabakh is Azerbaijan, said Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev.
The head of state made the remarks Monday in an interview with Azerbaijan Television during a ceremony at Baku Deep Water Jackets Plant named after Heydar Aliyev to send a jacket of Garabakh field offshore, EDNews.net reports citing AzVision.az.
He noted that today offshore work on the Karabakh field begins, describing this as a very important stage in the development of the field.
“This huge facility was built in Azerbaijan, and today it is being sent to the sea,” President Aliyev said.
Hailing the successful ongoing implementation of the Southern Gas Corridor project, the head of state emphasized that particular attention is currently being paid to its completion.
President Aliyev added that the Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP), the fourth and final project, is nearing completion.
“Today, Azerbaijan is returning to the Karabakh field, which was abandoned in the 1990s, and this huge jacked is a clear proof of that,” he said.
Azerbaijan will restore its territorial integrity, noted President Aliyev, adding. “Just as today we return to the once abandoned Karabakh field, so we will return to our native Karabakh. Karabakh is ours, Karabakh is Azerbaijan!”