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$1 MILLION TO ONE WHO PROVES NAGORNO-KARABAKH'S JURIDICAL AFFILIATION TO AZERBAIJAN
DeFacto Agency
June 16 2008
Armenia
YEREVAN, 16.06.08. DE FACTO. The one who will find record of
geographical notion or administrative or political notion of Azerbaijan
in the east of Transcaucasus in any sources of 19th century will get
$ 1 million. Matthew Bryza, the OSCE Minsk group American Co-Chair,
will get one more million dollars in case he proves Nagorno-Karabakh's
juridical affiliation to Azerbaijan, Doctor of Philosophy, Professor
Alexander Manasian stated in an interview with DE FACTO, while speaking
on behalf of the Academy of Political Studies (Armenia).
According to Alexander Manasian, the Azeri propaganda car did not stand
still but was continually inventing nonsense. Quoting the book titled
"Armenian-Azerbaijani Conflict: History of Law..." written by Ilgar
Mamedov and Tofik Musayev, Professor Manasian noted that according to
the book, "Azerbaijan was a political, administrative and geographical
notion". Meanwhile, in Manasian's words, to be precise in history
"Azerbaijan has never been either a political or administrative and
geographical notion in the east of Transcaucasus". In this connection
Professor made the following statement, "Our organization - the Academy
of Political Studies -is ready to institute a prize via De Facto IA
for the one who will find a political, administrative or geographical
notion titled "Azerbaijan" in the east of Transcaucasus in books,
maps, literary works, in any sources of the 19th century. The prize's
amount is $ 1 million".
Alexander Manasian will not spare one more million dollars for
Matthew Bryza, the OSCE Minsk group American Co-Chair, if the
diplomat manages to prove Nagorno-Karabakh's juridical affiliation to
Azerbaijan. According to Professor Manasian, he risks nothing, "as a
document on Nagorno-Karabakh's juridical affiliation to Azerbaijan
simply does not exist". Alexander Manasian reminded that in 1991,
when independence had been declared in Baku, they had not got around
to declare the Azerbaijani Republic's borders.
Besides, in 1991 Azerbaijanis reestablished the statehood of
Azerbaijani Democratic Republic of 1918-1920, which had neither
legitimately established borders nor a territory including Nakhijevan
and Nagorno-Karabakh. "Azeris even denied the succession of Azerbaijani
SSR, to which NK had been transferred by the Caucasian Bureau's
declaration. So irrespective of the fact if the Caucasian Bureau's
declaration was well-grounded from juridical viewpoint NK does not
belong to Azerbaijan, as it had been transferred to Soviet Azerbaijan,
while Baku denied Soviet Azerbaijan's succession in 1991", Alexander
Manasian noted. At the same time he added that even in case present-day
Azerbaijan had not denied succession of Azerbaijani SSR NK would not
have belonged to Azerbaijan just the same. "Since the Law on the order
of rendering decisions referring to a Soviet Republic's secession from
the USSR was adopted in the USSR in April 1990. The Karabakh people
acted in line with the law, and the law's provisions were mentioned in
the Declaration on NKR's independence", Professor Manasian underscored.
DeFacto Agency
June 16 2008
Armenia
YEREVAN, 16.06.08. DE FACTO. The one who will find record of
geographical notion or administrative or political notion of Azerbaijan
in the east of Transcaucasus in any sources of 19th century will get
$ 1 million. Matthew Bryza, the OSCE Minsk group American Co-Chair,
will get one more million dollars in case he proves Nagorno-Karabakh's
juridical affiliation to Azerbaijan, Doctor of Philosophy, Professor
Alexander Manasian stated in an interview with DE FACTO, while speaking
on behalf of the Academy of Political Studies (Armenia).
According to Alexander Manasian, the Azeri propaganda car did not stand
still but was continually inventing nonsense. Quoting the book titled
"Armenian-Azerbaijani Conflict: History of Law..." written by Ilgar
Mamedov and Tofik Musayev, Professor Manasian noted that according to
the book, "Azerbaijan was a political, administrative and geographical
notion". Meanwhile, in Manasian's words, to be precise in history
"Azerbaijan has never been either a political or administrative and
geographical notion in the east of Transcaucasus". In this connection
Professor made the following statement, "Our organization - the Academy
of Political Studies -is ready to institute a prize via De Facto IA
for the one who will find a political, administrative or geographical
notion titled "Azerbaijan" in the east of Transcaucasus in books,
maps, literary works, in any sources of the 19th century. The prize's
amount is $ 1 million".
Alexander Manasian will not spare one more million dollars for
Matthew Bryza, the OSCE Minsk group American Co-Chair, if the
diplomat manages to prove Nagorno-Karabakh's juridical affiliation to
Azerbaijan. According to Professor Manasian, he risks nothing, "as a
document on Nagorno-Karabakh's juridical affiliation to Azerbaijan
simply does not exist". Alexander Manasian reminded that in 1991,
when independence had been declared in Baku, they had not got around
to declare the Azerbaijani Republic's borders.
Besides, in 1991 Azerbaijanis reestablished the statehood of
Azerbaijani Democratic Republic of 1918-1920, which had neither
legitimately established borders nor a territory including Nakhijevan
and Nagorno-Karabakh. "Azeris even denied the succession of Azerbaijani
SSR, to which NK had been transferred by the Caucasian Bureau's
declaration. So irrespective of the fact if the Caucasian Bureau's
declaration was well-grounded from juridical viewpoint NK does not
belong to Azerbaijan, as it had been transferred to Soviet Azerbaijan,
while Baku denied Soviet Azerbaijan's succession in 1991", Alexander
Manasian noted. At the same time he added that even in case present-day
Azerbaijan had not denied succession of Azerbaijani SSR NK would not
have belonged to Azerbaijan just the same. "Since the Law on the order
of rendering decisions referring to a Soviet Republic's secession from
the USSR was adopted in the USSR in April 1990. The Karabakh people
acted in line with the law, and the law's provisions were mentioned in
the Declaration on NKR's independence", Professor Manasian underscored.