Ilham Aliyev, the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, was interviewed by Euronews channel on November 23. The interview was published on December 9. 

Regarding the energy supply to European countries, Aliyev said, "Our energy development transformed from oil to gas. At the same time, oil production and export are still important parts of energy security for many countries. Completed almost three years ago, the Southern Gas Corridor, the major gas infrastructure project, an integrated pipeline system of 3,500 kilometers in length, created an opportunity for Azerbaijan to increase the geography of its gas supplies. Today, we export gas to Georgia, Türkiye, Greece, Bulgaria, Italy, and Romania, and we signed contracts with Hungary and Serbia. Albania will also be part of our gas distribution plans." He added, "So, you see how many countries in Eurasia, mainly European countries, are our partners, and demand for Azerbaijani gas is growing. We positively responded to the request from the European Commission to increase the gas supply to the European continent concerning the sanctions on Russia. This will continue to be an important part of our business."

About the peace process with Armenia, the Azerbaijani leader noted: "I was optimistic about the timetable because we exchanged the comments on the original draft peace treaty several times with Armenia, which Azerbaijan elaborated on itself. After that, there were six exchanges of comments between the two countries, and when I was talking about that the last time to Euronews, I hoped that Armenia would not prolong the evaluation process of our comments. We submitted the last comments to them on September 11 and received a response from them only two days ago. So, for almost two and a half months, they had been evaluating the draft, which consists of several pages. What does that mean? That means that they want to artificially delay the process. Now, we are talking at the end of November, and the hopes for achieving peace and signing a peace treaty by the end of the year are not very optimistic. But, I think that the timetable is not so important. Important is the agenda of both countries." Aliyev emphasized, "Nevertheless, we were the country that proposed signing a peace agreement and starting to work on the delimitation. So, Armenia, now after the Karabakh portfolio is closed, I think, will be more willing to agree with us. Because after the restoration of our sovereignty and elimination of the illegal separatist regime in Karabakh, I think the main factor, which prevented Armenia from being more courageous on the negotiation track, doesn't exist any longer."

Talking about the possibility of signing the peace agreement, Aliyev noted, "It doesn't matter that Azerbaijanis were expelled 30 years ago, and Armenians decided to leave two months ago. The fact is that it must be reciprocal, or we do not comment in our peace agreement about this issue. So, until now, we have not gotten any clear understanding from Armenia. So, if Armenia agrees to have either the same language for both national minorities or not to reflect it at all, then peace is reachable because this was a main obstacle for Armenia when they were negotiating with us. So, we will see how it goes. Frankly speaking, I don't see any serious obstacle to signing a peace agreement from a logical point of view." The Azerbaijani leader said: "As to those people who left their homes, first of all, that was their own decision. Our public communications with Karabakh Armenians and what we did after demonstrated that we wanted them to stay. We openly announced that, and I, during my appeal to Azerbaijani people after the end of the anti-terror operation, said that they could stay. We opened the electronic portal of registration. All of those who want to come back have this right. To come back, they need to comply with certain regulations. I was saying that many months before the anti-terror operations, those who want to stay need to apply for Azerbaijani citizenship. How can people live in Azerbaijan as citizens of another country? Either citizenship, a work permit, or a residence permit. They cannot live in Azerbaijan, saying they live in the so-called 'Nagorno-Karabakh Republic.' Because the so-called republic doesn't exist."

"If an Azerbaijani refugee who was expelled from Armenia wants to come back there, how he will come back? He will not return and say I'm here, a resident of Western Azerbaijan Republic. No. He will come and apply for citizenship or work permit. Why should it be different here? And that's how it will work only. Through municipal elections, they can elect their representatives, which will be in charge of municipalities. All this information was delivered to Armenian representatives of Karabakh just after the anti-terror operation, and then when we realized that they did not make it public to the population of Karabakh, we made it public, we published it," Aliyev noted.