Caucasus Muslims Board chief hosts Iftar party on occasion of holy month of Ramadan

The ceremony started with opening remarks of Sheikh ul-Islam Allahshukur Pashazade.

The event was also addressed by Head of the Baku and Caspian Eparchy of the Russian Orthodox Church, Father Alexander and head of the community of Mountain Jews Semyon Ikhiilov.

Then, Koran was read to start the iftar party.

Present at the meeting also were Parliament Speaker Ogtay Asadov, Head of the Presidential Administration Ramiz Mehdiyev, ambassadors accredited in Azerbaijan, representatives of religious communities, MPs.

President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev also attended an Iftar party.

President Ilham Aliyev made his speech at the event.

"All occupied territories will be liberated sequentially, our compatriots will return to these areas. The entire infrastructure will be rebuilt there, and in the next stage, the legal status of Nagorno-Karabakh will be defined. We have always said that Nagorno-Karabakh, of course, should have the status, but we do not see this status outside the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan and Azerbaijan will never agree with it," the president said.

The position of State remains unchanged - this issue can be resolved only within the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan, said Aliyev.

"People in Nagorno-Karabakh can live with a high status of autonomy within Azerbaijani state. Today these principles are taken as a basis. The negotiations are conducted on the basis of these principles, and any agreement can only be based on these principles. We have always said and say today that the conflict can be resolved only step-by-step. Proposals that are now the topic of negotiations envisage step-by-step solution," said the President. 

The progress achieved in the negotiation process is the result of purposeful policy, Azerbaijani President said.

"I can say that our efforts are already yielding first results in the negotiation process," said President Aliyev said.

/AzerTaj/