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CONFESSION OF DISABILITY
Azat Artsakh - Nagorno Karabakh Republic (NKR)
8 Sept 04
While the new minister of foreign affairs of Azerbaijan consistently
continues studying the viewpoint of official Yerevan on the settlement
of the Karabakh conflict every once in a while choosing this or that
capital of European countries as a place for meeting, in Baku they
do not wait and keep silent. Hostility towards Nagorni Karabakh
and the anti-Armenian moods, backed by the government, acquire
a new shade of colour among the big and small state officials.
Any example of progress, success or event in NKR is accepted
in Azerbaijan, and not only in the political circles but also,
financial, economic, and even cultural spheres and sport, as an
encroachment upon the authorities of this republic, threatening to
feeble slowly the fundaments of its statehood, and questions the
suspicious hypothesis of its territorial integrity. The officials
of this synthesized republic the firmness of their chairs is first
of all dependent upon the procrastination in the settlement of the
Karabakh issue are not at all interested in the idea of establishing
friendly relationships with Karabakh. This is more dangerous than,
for example, resumption of war. It is not at all accidental that Baku
often makes militarist statements that the Azerbaijani army is ready
to make Nagorni Karabakh obey through the force of weapon. By the way,
though during the 70 soviet years Azerbaijan was not able to get rid
of the Armenian element through weapon, instead it managed to stop
the growth of the Armenians and, as a matter of fact, on the eve of
1990 in Soviet Azerbaijan the number of the Armenian population had
not grown since 1923. The official men of Baku are well aware that
throughout the history of mankind those who started war and tried to
win authority by shedding their people's blood, after the war were
condemned by their own people and not the enemy. This fear haunts
all those who came in the possession of wealth during the military
actions, which cannot bring happiness to them. Therefore everything is
done here to keep the point of resumption of military actions on the
agenda, blaming Nagorni Karabakh for all the misery of their people,
otherwise the social blast threatening the present authorities and
the existence of the Aliev clan will be inevitable. Official Baku is
in an awkward situation not managing to get rid of the fossilized
complex of hypocrisy. Displaying to the West their "insatiable"
desire to become part of civilized Europe, cherishing a hope to
dominate over Nagorni Karabakh through Europe and with its support,
abusing the right for territorial integrity, at the same time unfolds
its unrequited love to its northern neighbour. The idea of the famous
Azerbaijani film "If not That Then This" was shaped under the arches of
the ministry of foreign affairs of this country independent of who is
in the head of it or what his mental or diplomatic abilities are. In
any case it is here that the ABC of the strategy of comprehensive
struggle against Nagorni Karabakh is worked out and the behaviour and
expressions of the president are planned. Deviating a little from
the topic, we should notice that during the election campaign of
Ilham Aliev the Azerbaijani opposition, getting reconciled with the
fact of passing over the power from Aliev Senior to Aliev Junior,
hoped that Aliev would be the last representative of this family
on the political scene. Today it is hard to tell whether this was a
guess or just a way to justify their passiveness. Anyway, visiting
Nakhijevan several days ago, the Azerbaijani president passed his
anxiety and the hopeless mood to the journalists informing that he
will not take part in the negotiations for the sake of imitation of
the negotiations process and if he sees that the talks do not produce
the necessary results, the Azerbaijani party will abstain. By saying
"necessary results" I. Aliev doubtlessly means restoration of the
territorial integrity of Azerbaijan although he is sure to know that
any negotiations are meant to find ways for mutual agreement between
the negotiating parties. At least his statement made on the very day
of the 13th anniversary of NKR independence testifies to the rightness
of the forecast of the opposition. The president of Azerbaijan has
already taken up the process of self-justification. Where will this
step lead to: slow and heart-rending fall or a rapid destruction? It
is difficult yet to state. It is only apparent that denying the
negotiation process is nothing else but a confession in disability.
If it is true that all the mortals advance towards their fate, Ilham
Aliev cannot be an exception. Against this background the fatal efforts
of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan are if not absurd
than funny. According to the newspaper "Echo", last week this agency
diligently drew up the list of the top officials of Karabakh aiming
at not granting entrance visas to other states. Similar attempts
were also taken in the past years. Perhaps these will continue in
the coming years. Well, even if it fails, then at least there will be
much agitation. In what other ways can the foreign ministry conceal
its inactivity? The same cannot be said, for example, about the new
leadership of the federation of football. By the way, presently
everything is politicized in Azerbaijan, even sport. Otherwise,
the football federation of this country would not accept the news
of the NKR football cup with the craving of announcing it illegal
and flooding UEFA and FIFA with telegrams demanding use of sanctions
against Karabakh. The reason for worry of the sport leaders of the
neighbour state is clear. For becoming member of UEFA or FIFA it is
obligatory to organize championships, build stadiums. Of course, for
Karabakh it is still too early to dream of the international arena,
but in Azerbaijan they are convinced that if here they have made
up their minds, they will achieve their goals by all means. And as
they think that this first of all deals a blow to the sovereignty
of Azerbaijan, they cannot remain calm. We cannot describe this in
another way, because this is exactly a confession of disability.
MARCEL PETROSSIAN.
08-09-2004
Azat Artsakh - Nagorno Karabakh Republic (NKR)
8 Sept 04
While the new minister of foreign affairs of Azerbaijan consistently
continues studying the viewpoint of official Yerevan on the settlement
of the Karabakh conflict every once in a while choosing this or that
capital of European countries as a place for meeting, in Baku they
do not wait and keep silent. Hostility towards Nagorni Karabakh
and the anti-Armenian moods, backed by the government, acquire
a new shade of colour among the big and small state officials.
Any example of progress, success or event in NKR is accepted
in Azerbaijan, and not only in the political circles but also,
financial, economic, and even cultural spheres and sport, as an
encroachment upon the authorities of this republic, threatening to
feeble slowly the fundaments of its statehood, and questions the
suspicious hypothesis of its territorial integrity. The officials
of this synthesized republic the firmness of their chairs is first
of all dependent upon the procrastination in the settlement of the
Karabakh issue are not at all interested in the idea of establishing
friendly relationships with Karabakh. This is more dangerous than,
for example, resumption of war. It is not at all accidental that Baku
often makes militarist statements that the Azerbaijani army is ready
to make Nagorni Karabakh obey through the force of weapon. By the way,
though during the 70 soviet years Azerbaijan was not able to get rid
of the Armenian element through weapon, instead it managed to stop
the growth of the Armenians and, as a matter of fact, on the eve of
1990 in Soviet Azerbaijan the number of the Armenian population had
not grown since 1923. The official men of Baku are well aware that
throughout the history of mankind those who started war and tried to
win authority by shedding their people's blood, after the war were
condemned by their own people and not the enemy. This fear haunts
all those who came in the possession of wealth during the military
actions, which cannot bring happiness to them. Therefore everything is
done here to keep the point of resumption of military actions on the
agenda, blaming Nagorni Karabakh for all the misery of their people,
otherwise the social blast threatening the present authorities and
the existence of the Aliev clan will be inevitable. Official Baku is
in an awkward situation not managing to get rid of the fossilized
complex of hypocrisy. Displaying to the West their "insatiable"
desire to become part of civilized Europe, cherishing a hope to
dominate over Nagorni Karabakh through Europe and with its support,
abusing the right for territorial integrity, at the same time unfolds
its unrequited love to its northern neighbour. The idea of the famous
Azerbaijani film "If not That Then This" was shaped under the arches of
the ministry of foreign affairs of this country independent of who is
in the head of it or what his mental or diplomatic abilities are. In
any case it is here that the ABC of the strategy of comprehensive
struggle against Nagorni Karabakh is worked out and the behaviour and
expressions of the president are planned. Deviating a little from
the topic, we should notice that during the election campaign of
Ilham Aliev the Azerbaijani opposition, getting reconciled with the
fact of passing over the power from Aliev Senior to Aliev Junior,
hoped that Aliev would be the last representative of this family
on the political scene. Today it is hard to tell whether this was a
guess or just a way to justify their passiveness. Anyway, visiting
Nakhijevan several days ago, the Azerbaijani president passed his
anxiety and the hopeless mood to the journalists informing that he
will not take part in the negotiations for the sake of imitation of
the negotiations process and if he sees that the talks do not produce
the necessary results, the Azerbaijani party will abstain. By saying
"necessary results" I. Aliev doubtlessly means restoration of the
territorial integrity of Azerbaijan although he is sure to know that
any negotiations are meant to find ways for mutual agreement between
the negotiating parties. At least his statement made on the very day
of the 13th anniversary of NKR independence testifies to the rightness
of the forecast of the opposition. The president of Azerbaijan has
already taken up the process of self-justification. Where will this
step lead to: slow and heart-rending fall or a rapid destruction? It
is difficult yet to state. It is only apparent that denying the
negotiation process is nothing else but a confession in disability.
If it is true that all the mortals advance towards their fate, Ilham
Aliev cannot be an exception. Against this background the fatal efforts
of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan are if not absurd
than funny. According to the newspaper "Echo", last week this agency
diligently drew up the list of the top officials of Karabakh aiming
at not granting entrance visas to other states. Similar attempts
were also taken in the past years. Perhaps these will continue in
the coming years. Well, even if it fails, then at least there will be
much agitation. In what other ways can the foreign ministry conceal
its inactivity? The same cannot be said, for example, about the new
leadership of the federation of football. By the way, presently
everything is politicized in Azerbaijan, even sport. Otherwise,
the football federation of this country would not accept the news
of the NKR football cup with the craving of announcing it illegal
and flooding UEFA and FIFA with telegrams demanding use of sanctions
against Karabakh. The reason for worry of the sport leaders of the
neighbour state is clear. For becoming member of UEFA or FIFA it is
obligatory to organize championships, build stadiums. Of course, for
Karabakh it is still too early to dream of the international arena,
but in Azerbaijan they are convinced that if here they have made
up their minds, they will achieve their goals by all means. And as
they think that this first of all deals a blow to the sovereignty
of Azerbaijan, they cannot remain calm. We cannot describe this in
another way, because this is exactly a confession of disability.
MARCEL PETROSSIAN.
08-09-2004