Aliyev’s actions and rhetoric often serve as a precursor to armed conflict, says Spanish legislator

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev’s actions and rhetoric in recent years reveal a pattern characteristic of the Aliyev regime’s autocratic behavior, often serving as a precursor to armed conflict. In my opinion, it is significant that the Prime Minister of Armenia has publicly expressed this concern.

Spanish Member of Parliament Jon Iñarritu expressed this opinion in an interview with Armenpress, speaking about the continuous threats against Armenia from Azerbaijan and the latter's illegitimate territorial claims.

Referring to Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan's recent interview, where he expressed concern about Azerbaijan’s territorial claims against Armenia, the Spanish MP highlighted the importance of this statement. He noted that Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev’s actions and rhetoric in recent years reveal a pattern characteristic of the Aliyev regime’s autocratic behavior.

“In my opinion, it is significant that the PM of Armenia has publicly expressed this concern. Azerbaijan’s actions and rhetoric in recent years reveal a pattern characteristic of the Aliyev regime’s autocratic behavior, often as a precursor to armed conflict,” he said.

“During the war and the subsequent ethnic cleansing of Armenians from Nagorno-Karabakh (Artsakh), Azerbaijan received Turkey’s full support and faced only passive indifference from much of the international community.

This lack of accountability has emboldened the Aliyev regime, reinforcing its belief that it can act with impunity—disregarding international law and human rights. Such behavior poses a direct threat not only to Armenia but also to regional stability and the broader international order,” Spanish Member of Parliament Jon Iñarritu said.

Inarritu, also addressing the invented narrative and terminology of the so-called "Western Azerbaijan" propagated by Baku, noted that Azerbaijan is clearly laying the groundwork for further territorial claims against Armenia. He emphasized that such narratives are a common tactic employed by Ilham Aliyev as part of Baku's expansionist policy.

“Azerbaijan’s narrative of the so-called ‘Western Azerbaijan’ is a clear example of historical revisionism, a tactic often employed by the Aliyev autocracy to justify its aggressive policies.

It is important to highlight that the Republic of Armenia represents only a fraction of historical Armenia—a homeland of a millennia-old indigenous people who have faced repeated extermination and displacement over the centuries,” he said.

According to the Spanish parliamentarian, these actions, whether carried out by the Ottoman Turks in the past or by Azerbaijan today, are part of a broader attempt to erase Armenian history and identity in the region.

 “As President Erdogan frequently states, Azerbaijan and Turkey are two states but one nation,” he said, highlighting the close strategic and ideological alignment between the two countries.