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AAA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR: KARABAKH ARMENIANS MADE THEIR CHOICE FOR FREEDOM AND
DEMOCRACY
08.04.2005 04:44
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The international community concurs that Armenian
Karabakh can never again be governed by Azerbaijan, Executive Director
of the Armenian Assembly of America stated in a letter addressed to
an American newspaper. The letter was the response to the article
by head of the Caspian Energy Consulting Rob Sobhani. Mr. Vartian
stated that Armenians of Nagorno Karabakh have made their choice for
freedom and democracy while defending their adherence to the legal
norms in thew war imposed by Azerbaijan 10 years ago. Besides, in
his article Mr. Sobhani claims that Armenian authorities are unable
to manage their armed forces and armaments. However just two weeks
ago the FBI praised "the professionalism and active cooperation of
the Armenian authorities" in a sting operation in which would-be
smugglers were nabbed before they attempted to move the weapons
into the United States. In fact, Washington has praised Armenia's
military cooperation, calling the country a "key partner" in the
war on terror. When commenting on Sobhani's statement regarding
non-parity of US foreign aid to Armenia and Azerbaijan, Ross Vartian
noted that the US assistance to Armenia would not be so critical
if Turkish and Azeri blockades were not strangling its eastern and
western borders. "Mr. Sobhani was right to mention that Armenian
President Robert Kocharian supports a peaceful resolution to the
Karabakh conflict while his Azeri counterpart does not. President
Ilham Aliyev has declared repeatedly that he is "not in a hurry"
to settle the conflict and would start a new war at the time of his
choosing", the letter says.
AAA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR: KARABAKH ARMENIANS MADE THEIR CHOICE FOR FREEDOM AND
DEMOCRACY
08.04.2005 04:44
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The international community concurs that Armenian
Karabakh can never again be governed by Azerbaijan, Executive Director
of the Armenian Assembly of America stated in a letter addressed to
an American newspaper. The letter was the response to the article
by head of the Caspian Energy Consulting Rob Sobhani. Mr. Vartian
stated that Armenians of Nagorno Karabakh have made their choice for
freedom and democracy while defending their adherence to the legal
norms in thew war imposed by Azerbaijan 10 years ago. Besides, in
his article Mr. Sobhani claims that Armenian authorities are unable
to manage their armed forces and armaments. However just two weeks
ago the FBI praised "the professionalism and active cooperation of
the Armenian authorities" in a sting operation in which would-be
smugglers were nabbed before they attempted to move the weapons
into the United States. In fact, Washington has praised Armenia's
military cooperation, calling the country a "key partner" in the
war on terror. When commenting on Sobhani's statement regarding
non-parity of US foreign aid to Armenia and Azerbaijan, Ross Vartian
noted that the US assistance to Armenia would not be so critical
if Turkish and Azeri blockades were not strangling its eastern and
western borders. "Mr. Sobhani was right to mention that Armenian
President Robert Kocharian supports a peaceful resolution to the
Karabakh conflict while his Azeri counterpart does not. President
Ilham Aliyev has declared repeatedly that he is "not in a hurry"
to settle the conflict and would start a new war at the time of his
choosing", the letter says.