"At the end of the forty-four-day Patriotic War, Armenia was forced to sign the act of capitulation, and thus the historical Victory of Azerbaijan was confirmed.

As a result of this act of capitulation, Armenia had to withdraw its troops from the occupied part of Aghdam, Kalbajar and Lachin regions, and it did so.

APA reports that President Ilham Aliyev said this in his speech on September 21 when raising the Azerbaijani flag in Lachin.

The head of state noted that part of Lachin and Kalbajar regions were liberated during the 44-day Patriotic War:

"The southern part of Lachin and the northern part of Kalbajar were liberated from the invaders by the victorious Azerbaijani Army.

However, the city of Lachin was out of our control.

The reason for this was that the highway connecting Armenia with Khankendi passes through the middle of the city, and therefore we could not take control of the city of Lachin.

However, as a result of the negotiations conducted on November 9, at my insistence, the construction of an alternative road was determined in the document, and agreements on the construction of a new road should be made within 3 years.

We completed the agreements faster, the route of the new road was confirmed with the Russian side, and we started construction of the new road by taking urgent measures.

This period took only one year and 8 months.

That is, after one year and 8 months, an alternative way was ready.

We officially sent a notice that the road was ready on August 2.

on August 5, Azerbaijan enters the city of Lachin, including the old road, and returns to the city of Lachin.

After that, the Armenians living in Karabakh appealed to us and asked to be given additional time until August 25.

Although there was an illegal settlement here, we still showed humanity and gave them this opportunity.

Thus, on August 26, the Azerbaijani Army entered the city of Lachin, and we returned the city of Lachin.

This is a historical event.

The liberation of Lachin will always remain in history.

Today, in the city of Lachin, in the center of the city, on the central street, I raised the Azerbaijani flag.

This flag will fly here forever."