Statement of Heydar Aliyev, chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the Republic, acting President of the Republic of Azerbaijan – August 27, 1993
It is already 5 years the the Republic of Azerbaijan has been exposed to the Armenian aggression. As a result of the expansion of this aggression day by day, hundreds of villages, habitations have been occupied by the enemy, burnt and destroyed. Thousands of people have perished and are missing in this merciless war. Thousands of people have lost their homes and driven out of their lands in the undeclared war against Azerbaijan by Armenia.