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HISTORY IS NOT AZERI PRESIDENT'S FORTE
By Aghavni Harutyunian
AZG Armenian Daily
16/08/2006
Political elite of neighboring Azerbaijan comes out with new kind of
statements. "Baku will never allow creation of the second Armenian
state on its territory," Azerbaijani Interfax quoted president Ilham
Aliyev as saying during his meeting with Azerbaijani ambassadors.
Aliyev junior is not punctilious in picking up right words when
speaking about inadmissibility of creating the second Armenian
state. There is already such a state that functions in its own historic
territory. On the other hand, one has an impression that the first
Armenian state is located somewhere in Azerbaijani lands.
"We know there are national minorities in many countries. But being
a minority does not mean to have the right to engage in secessionism
and claim lands.
They say that the Armenians of Nagorno Karabakh have the right to
self-determination. There are Armenians in other countries too, and
they also can use this right," this was the "logic" of Ilham Aliyev
in instructing his state's diplomats.
If the leader of a state with $1 billion budget does not see any
difference between the Armenian Diaspora and Artsakh, it can by no
means be surprising that the knowledge of Azerbaijani ambassadors
does not go beyond such observations.
By Aghavni Harutyunian
AZG Armenian Daily
16/08/2006
Political elite of neighboring Azerbaijan comes out with new kind of
statements. "Baku will never allow creation of the second Armenian
state on its territory," Azerbaijani Interfax quoted president Ilham
Aliyev as saying during his meeting with Azerbaijani ambassadors.
Aliyev junior is not punctilious in picking up right words when
speaking about inadmissibility of creating the second Armenian
state. There is already such a state that functions in its own historic
territory. On the other hand, one has an impression that the first
Armenian state is located somewhere in Azerbaijani lands.
"We know there are national minorities in many countries. But being
a minority does not mean to have the right to engage in secessionism
and claim lands.
They say that the Armenians of Nagorno Karabakh have the right to
self-determination. There are Armenians in other countries too, and
they also can use this right," this was the "logic" of Ilham Aliyev
in instructing his state's diplomats.
If the leader of a state with $1 billion budget does not see any
difference between the Armenian Diaspora and Artsakh, it can by no
means be surprising that the knowledge of Azerbaijani ambassadors
does not go beyond such observations.