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June 16, Fineko/abc.az. Armenia calls into question the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan, which forces Azerbaijan to take similar steps with respect to its territory.

ABC.AZ reports that Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev made the relevant statement at the opening of the IX Global Baku Forum.

"If Armenia continues to question our territorial integrity, Azerbaijan will have no choice but to question Armenia's territorial integrity," the Azerbaijani leader stated.

He added that from angle of history, Azerbaijan has more rights to do this. "As the history of the last century shows that in November 1920, six months after the Sovietization of Azerbaijan, the Soviet government took the historical part of our country - Zangezur and annexed it to Armenia. Therefore, if Armenia demands status for Karabakh Armenians, why shouldn't Azerbaijanis demand status for Azerbaijanis in Western Zangezur? After all, this territory was completely populated by Azerbaijanis," President Aliyev emphasized.