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    THE MEDITATIONS OVER WAR AGAINST ARMENIA TESTIFY TO WEAKENING BAKU'S
    POSITIONS IN ISSUE OF KARABAKH"

    Azg/arm
    16 March 05

    According to the Azeri mass media, on March 11, Hajigha Nuriev, leader
    of the Azeri Islamic Party, said that Azerbaijan should declare Jihad,
    a sacred war, against Armenia to liberate the occupied territories. On
    March 13, Ilham Aliyev said in the interview to the Turkish Public TV
    that "We don't want any war, but let them know that we are always
    ready for a war."

    Such militant statements are not news. The Azeri president, members of
    the government and the parliament, political parties and NGOs have
    been making such statements since the very day of signing the
    ceasefire with Armenia, i.e. May 9, 1994.

    If Azerbaijan could fight in the war and would be sure that that would
    not be the beginning of its end, it would immediately begin military
    actions against Armenia. As they don't do that it means that they are
    attaining political goals. In the beginning, they tried to contrast
    the war in the South Caucasus against the efforts of the international
    community to maintain peace and stability in the region. They also
    strive for leading the process of Nagorno Karabakh settlement in the
    direction they want, blackmailing the OSCE Minsk group. They also pose
    threats as a pressure measure over Armenia.

    As neither the OSCE Minsk group yields the blackmail of Azerbaijan,
    nor Armenia is frightened with the threats of the Azeri, the
    determination of the Azeris to fight a war becomes a mere
    mediation. In other words, Ilham Aliyev is "mediating" "on being ready
    for a war. Maybe he thinks that the propaganda aimed to overcome the
    psychology of a loser that is functioning in the subconsciousness of
    the Azeris is not effective enough. That's why Aliyev makes frequent
    statements about the war against Armenia to comfort his people.

    The attempt to comfort testifies to the concern of the Azeris. It
    turns into a panic, when the West says that "Azerbaijan lost Nagorno
    Karabakh in the war and should abandon this territory." Zeyno Baran,
    head of the International Security and Energetic program at the
    Washington Nixon Center, said this atthe sitting of the US Congress
    Committee for External Relations. Moreover, emphasized the strength of
    the Armenian Diaspora, Mrs. Baran said that the U.S.A can't exert
    pressure over Robert Kocharian or the Armenian government.

    This means that the meditations of Ilham Aliyev over unfolding a war
    are based on concern. Meanwhile, he involuntarily approves the
    statement of Vartan Oskanian, RA foreign minister, who said during the
    March 9 press conference"We are in favorable positions in the Karabakh
    issue."

    By Hakob Chakrian

    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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