BAKU, Azerbaijan, October 3. China and the
United States are the world's two superpowers; there is no third,
President Ilham Aliyev said during his speech at the 8th Congress of the New Azerbaijan Party
(YAP).
"We have strategic partnership declarations and agreements with
many EU member states – Azerbaijan maintains such a format with 10
member states. I can say that two historic events have occurred
recently: we established strategic partnership relations with both
China and the United States. A comprehensive strategic partnership
declaration was signed with China, and a Strategic Charter was
signed with the United States. These are the world's two
superpowers; there is no third. Matters are naturally discussed and
competition exists between these countries, and establishing rules
based on mutual understanding between them is a crucial factor for
the whole world. Azerbaijan is a strategic partner to both of these
superpowers.
Our population and territory are not large. What is it? This
reflects the trust in us, the attitude toward us, and the belief in
our word. There is no one left in the world who does not know that
our word is as valuable as our signature. Whatever we say, we stand
by it. We have never played double games, nor have we displayed
hypocrisy or deceit toward any country – even though we have
repeatedly faced such conduct ourselves and continue to face it
today. But we can never be like them. We are people who respect
ourselves; we live with dignity and conduct our policy with
dignity. Through our example, everyone can see that this is
possible: to defeat the enemy single-handedly, dictate your terms
to the enemy, force them to sign an act of capitulation despite
suffering 30 years of hardship, and then stop at the right time to
achieve peace so that no more blood is shed. We do not need an
eternal war; that was not our choice. In the Second Garabagh War,
we stopped at the right time, and in September 2023, we also
stopped at the right time, although various options existed.
Strategic foresight, strategic thinking, and prioritizing the core
interests of our people dictate this policy. There is no place for
emotions in politics. If we had surrendered to emotions, today, a
third Victory Arch would likely have been erected in the center of
Yerevan," President Ilham Aliyev said.
The 8th Congress of the New Azerbaijan Party (YAP) was held
yesterday at the Heydar Aliyev Center in Baku.
A total of 960 delegates were elected by YAP's district and city
organizations to attend the congress.
As part of preparations for the 8th Congress, reporting
conferences were held at 84 local party organizations from
September 7 to 19. A total of 16,239 people attended the
conferences.
The reporting conferences heard reports on work carried out to
fulfill the tasks set after the 7th Congress and discussed the
results achieved.
