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 Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev delivered a general public speech full with grave mistakes. Though Azerbaijani President was reading a speech incautiously written by his speechwriters, Aliyev junior who has graduated from Moscow State Institute of International Relations should have known those things rejecting his role of appearing as a clown.

First read those absurd thoughts voiced by Azerbaijani President: “Nagorno-Karabakh is our home, our historic land. Azerbaijani people have been for centuries living and creating in Nagorno-Karabakh and adjacent lands. The current state of Armenia has been founded on Azerbaijan’s historic territories. The khanate of Yerevan, makhal of Zangezur both are our historic lands. We would never allow foundation of second Armenian state on our lands of Nagorno-Karabakh. Azerbaijani people will never accept that situation.”

Since Ilham Heydaroglu’s observations have encyclopedia grounds, we’ve requested them as well. Generally four encyclopedias have more authoritative roles – English “Encyclopedia Britannica” , French “Grand Larousse encyclopédique”, German “Die Brockhaus Enzyklopädie “ and Russian “Большая Советская Энциклопедия “. Studying any of these encyclopedias we could find necessary things and compare them with Azerbaijani authorities’ phantoms and the reality.

Those who have no wish to go deep that cobweb of facts could read another authoritative source - "World Factbook" of US Central Intelligence Agency.

You can have the following information in section of “Azerbaijan”.

“Azerbaijan - a nation with a majority-Turkic and majority-Muslim population - was briefly independent from 1918 to 1920; it regained its independence after the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. Despite a 1994 cease-fire, Azerbaijan has yet to resolve its conflict with Armenia over Nagorno-Karabakh, a primarily Armenian-populated region, assigned to Soviet Azerbaijan in the 1920s by Moscow. Armenia and Azerbaijan began fighting over the area in 1988; the struggle escalated after both countries attained independence from the Soviet Union in 1991. By May 1994, when a cease-fire took hold, ethnic Armenian forces held not only Nagorno-Karabakh but also seven surrounding provinces in the territory of Azerbaijan. Corruption in the country is ubiquitous, and the government, which eliminated presidential term limits in a 2009 referendum, has been accused of authoritarianism. Although the poverty rate has been reduced in recent years due to revenue from oil production, the promise of widespread wealth resulting from the continued development of Azerbaijan's energy sector remains largely unfulfilled.”

While in case of Armenia the Factbook covers broader historical period.

“Armenia prides itself on being the first nation to formally adopt Christianity (early 4th century). Despite periods of autonomy, over the centuries Armenia came under the sway of various empires including the Roman, Byzantine, Arab, Persian, and Ottoman. During World War I in the western portion of Armenia, Ottoman Turkey instituted a policy of forced resettlement coupled with other harsh practices that resulted in an estimated 1 million Armenian deaths. The eastern area of Armenia was ceded by the Ottomans to Russia in 1828; this portion declared its independence in 1918, but was conquered by the Soviet Red Army in 1920. Armenian leaders remain preoccupied by the long conflict with Azerbaijan over Nagorno-Karabakh, a primarily Armenian-populated region, assigned to Soviet Azerbaijan in the 1920s by Moscow. Armenia and Azerbaijan began fighting over the area in 1988; the struggle escalated after both countries attained independence from the Soviet Union in 1991. By May 1994, when a cease-fire took hold, ethnic Armenian forces held not only Nagorno-Karabakh but also a significant portion of Azerbaijan proper. The economies of both sides have been hurt by their inability to make substantial progress toward a peaceful resolution. Turkey closed the common border with Armenia in 1994 because of the Armenian separatists' control of Nagorno-Karabakh and surrounding areas, further hampering Armenian economic growth. However, in 2009 senior Armenian leaders began pursuing rapprochement with Turkey, which could result in the border reopening.”

We think those remarks are enough to disperse Azerbaijani illusion, but still Azerbaijan’s policy of deforming the reality of our days is carefully veiled. The factbook reads Armenian leaders remain preoccupied by the long conflict with Azerbaijan over Nagorno-Karabakh, a primarily Armenian-populated region, assigned to Soviet Azerbaijan in the 1920s by Moscow. By May 1994, when a cease-fire took hold, ethnic Armenian forces held not only Nagorno-Karabakh but also a significant portion of Azerbaijan proper.

As for Aliyev’s resist to the foundation of second Armenian state, we would recommend further information from encyclopedia.
In the political map of the modern world, the majority of units have linguistic, religious, ethnic and many other commonalities.
Ilham Aliyev, for instance, could have revealed that English is state language not only of United Kingdom, but of USA, Canada, South Africa and in another fifty countries. The same is for French and Spanish.

We have lots of other examples when different states have the same ethnical units. The Arab people have founded two decades of different states on the previous lands of khanate. It’s interesting to know which one of those states is doubted by Aliyev.

You would say it’s natural historic development. But it’s still not true. Alban people have state of Albania and the world or at least a part of it recognizes Kosovo. Stepanakert wouldn’t mind at least partial recognition, but it’s different, while Aliyev’s postulate is absurd.

Why is it absurd? Ilham Aliyev knows he’s saying nonsense, but still he does it. We think he could know from his father’s heritage that Azerbaijan recognized the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, the independence of “second Turkish state.”