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  • BAKU: `Echo': The Beginnings of Armenian Expansion

    DemAz.org, Azerbaijan
    Feb 14 2008


    `Echo': The Beginnings of Armenian Expansion
    14.02.2008


    Ruling party proposes to make the fight against false propaganda of
    aggressor more active.

    Recently in conference hall of the Ataturk Center under the
    leadership of representatives of ruling party `round table' was held
    on `Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict: the main goals of fight against
    Armenian information provocations'. Representatives of parliament and
    leading historians and scientific researchers partook in the event.
    Amongst them there was vice speaker of Milli Mejlis, Bahar Muradova.

    With opening address executive secretary and deputy chairman of `Yeni
    Azerbaijan' party, Ali Ahmadov, opened the event. He drew attention
    of participants to recent history of Armenian claims to historical
    territories of Azerbaijan. Accordingly to him, today given issue
    preserves urgency due to continuing Armenian expansion. The only
    possible development of events, following to MM deputy, in this
    situation will be active fight of Azerbaijan against Armenians'
    tricks. With special regret deputy points to the fact that present
    Armenian state was created on aboriginal Azerbaijani territories.
    `But they, Armenians don't stop even now, as known, 20% of
    Azerbaijani territories are under Armenian occupation', underlines
    Ahmadov. Moreover, it is with caution that he points to the fact that
    today Armenians make active propaganda on alleged belonging of
    Nakhchivan to Armenia. `All this say that Armenian provocations
    should be operatively repulsed', executive secretary of `Yeni
    Azerbaijan' party calls on.

    Accordingly to him, unless our territories are released and Armenian
    occupation is stopped, the fight should go on. Chairman of ruling
    party recalled recent statement of president of Azerbaijan that
    Yerevan, present capital of Armenia, historically is Azerbaijani
    city, it was given to Armenians mistakenly in the past.

    We should remind that president made this statement on January 17
    this year in Guzanli village while visiting Agdam region. Later this
    theme was discussed in details at the first meeting of spring session
    of Milli Mejlis, on February 1.

    Executive secretary of `Yeni Azerbaijan' party reminded that as time
    showed Armenian side is not satisfied by occupation of our
    territories: Azerbaijanis were forcibly displaced, moreover, total
    ethnic cleaning on currently occupied territories took place. `It is
    sweeping historical unjust which unfortunately goes on today',
    chairman of ruling party says.

    Then historian, MM deputy, Yagub Mamadov, took floor. He more than
    half an hour told in details about Armenians' tricks. They being
    alien nation in our region pursued aggressive policy against
    Azerbaijanis for many years. He also underscored that conduct of
    Armenian side forces Azerbaijan to be in constant readiness for
    attack. Deputy tells that having occupied 20% of our territories,
    Armenians don't know rest and now they are claiming to Nakhchivan. At
    the same time Armenians, as deputy thinks, have formed some delusion
    of misappropriation of cultural values of the nation of the region,
    including of Azerbaijanis. `Over and over again they attempt to
    present themselves - Armenians as the most ancient nation of our
    region, though everyone knows that they arrived to South Caucasus
    from Balkan peninsula', - deputy stresses.

    Then he went back to historical past of Yerevan city, Azerbaijani
    version of which is Irevan. Accordingly to him, historical documents
    of tsarist Russia contain statistic facts on population of Irevan
    khanate, which clearly define that Azerbaijanis made up majority of
    this region. He referred to different Armenian and Russian historians
    who confirm these facts in their works. Deputy also informed that
    significant aspect is toponymy of this region. For many years
    Armenians purposefully changed Azerbaijani names of inhabited places
    to Armenian ones. `Thus they are attempting to erase Azerbaijani
    trace and to prove to the world that they are masters of these
    territories', deputy said.

    The words of historian and MM deputy, Yagub Mamadov, were welcomed by
    participants of `round table'. At the same time executive secretary
    of `Yeni Azerbaijan' party, going back to the past of Yerevan and
    mistaken giving it to Armenians focused on the fact than Azerbaijanis
    should remember their history and recognize the right and the wrong
    steps undertaken in the past. The matter is that during discussion of
    this issue at MM meeting number of opposition MM deputies came out
    against negative evaluation of the role of Azerbaijani government in
    1918, to which ruling circles attribute mistaken decision on giving
    Yerevan to Armenia. In the course of the event it was underlined that
    for a long period of time Russia was involved in resettlement of
    Armenians in Azerbaijan, thus creating Christian stronghold for
    itself in Muslim country. Resettlement of Armenians in our country as
    speechmakers said were specially enhanced gaining system nature after
    signing between Iran and Russia Gulistan and Turkmanchay agrrements,
    which divided our county into North and South Azerbaijan.

    S. Rzayev
    www.echo-az.com
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