Azerbaijani President Lashes Out at “Armenian Nationalists”

Azerbaijan's president, Ilham Aliyev, has lashed out at Armenia, claiming that "Armenian ideologists-nationalists" have pursued a policy of aggression against Azeris for "about 200 years." Aliyev's vitriolic rhetoric indicates that the window for a negotiated solution to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict is slamming shut.

In his March 28 address, Aliyev said Armenians aimed "to oust Azerbaijanis from their lands, and create a state of