The Azeri president, Illham Aliyez, issued a statement on Saturday afternoon, promising to never allow another Armenian state on Azerbaijan’s territory.

“Azerbaijan will never allow a second Armenian state to be established on its territory.”

Aliyev added that cooperation between Azerbaijan, Russia, Turkey, and Georgia is imperative to the security of the region.

Recently, Azerbaijan and the Nagorny-Karabakh government agreed to an open-ended ceasefire to to halt the one week long violence in the region after several soldiers from both sides were killed.