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  • BAKU: Kremlin Again Tries To Raise "Lezguin Issue" In Azerbaijan

    KREMLIN AGAIN TRIES TO RAISE "LEZGUIN ISSUE" IN AZERBAIJAN

    Today.Az
    http://www.today.az/news/poli tics/44933.html
    May 13 2008
    Azerbaijan

    A conference "Cultural heritage, culture of Lezguin people: History
    and the present" will be held in Moscow on May 14-15.

    The event is arranged by the Russian Ministry of Regional Development,
    Ministry of Foreign Affairs, State Duma and Linguistic Institute
    under Russian Academy of Sciences.

    The discussed will be two themes: "Caucasus Albania and its historical
    and cultural heritage" and "Role of historical archetypes in modern
    development of the Lezguin people: traditions, problems and prospects",
    abkhazeti.ru reports.

    "Certainly, speaking about lezguins of Caucasus Albania, not Daghestan
    but Azerbaijan is implied. At the same time, its representatives have
    not been invited to the symposium", reads the site.

    As is seen Russian tends to tense the international relations in
    Azerbaijan's west.

    They make an attempt to attribute the history, cultural heritage,
    folklore, memorials of Caucasus Albania to Lezguins. Thus, Lezguins
    start to think that a large state in the territory of Azerbaijan
    belonged to them. Thus, they are made a hint that they should return
    the land, "belonging them since ancient".

    The conference is initiated by the head of the structure, called
    "Federal National and Cultural Autonomy of Lezguins" (FNCAL) Arif
    Kerimov.

    Day.Az learned that Arif Kerimov was born in 1952 and comes from the
    Qarabulagh village of Oghuz, Azerbaijan. He currently lives in Moscow
    with his family.

    It should be noted that FNCAL was founded in 1999 for strengthening
    works on propaganda, agitation and coordination among lezguins,
    residing in Russia. The organization is headquartered in Moscow at
    Bolshoi Kharitonovskiy side street, 10/1/2. Contact phonesof the
    organizations: 923-05-22, 921-66-17, 921-44-34.

    Notably, while residing in Azerbaijan, Arif Kerimov was famous as
    a staunch nationalist, deputy chairman of the Lezgiun Democratic
    party, functioning in Azerbaijan in 1992-1995 and representing the
    radical wing of the Sadval organization. By spreading the ideas of the
    Sadval organization in Qabala, Oghuz and Sheki regions of Azerbaijan,
    Kerimov also held meetings with Sadval members in Daghestan.

    Kerimov maintain close relations with Sadval activist Dadashbala
    Rizvanov, who dealt with development of armed attackes from
    the territory of Daghestan on the Russian-Azerbaijani border in
    September-October of 1997. As is reported, Kerimov also attracted new
    people to the military training bases, functioning on the territories
    of Maherramkend, Ahti and Qasimkend regions of Daghestan.

    As is reported in 1996-1998 Arif Kerimov visited Nagorno Karabakh and
    spent $300,000 received from Armenians on organization of works for
    creation of the aforementioned military training bases and definition
    of political tasks.

    Kerimov also undertook efforts to release Sadval representatives,
    imprisoned for terrorist act in the underground.

    In addition, it should be noted that the printing press, representing
    the organization, is Lezguin news paper, issued in Moscow since 1999
    (locates at 49 Ostojenko street (contact tel: 246-74-56). The newspaper
    periodically issues anti-Azerbaijani articles. The articles criticize
    the internal and external policy of Azerbaijan, making accent on the
    so-called violation of rights of national minorities, residing in
    Azerbaijan, and the alleged persecution of the representatives of
    national minorities of the bodies of national securities and police.

    In the light of the aforementioned facts it becomes obvious that the
    conference is arranged by Russian and Armenian special services and
    provocation speeches regarding Azerbaijan are not ruled out.

    It is only left to say that the organizers of the conference, provoking
    separatist spirit, are official state structures of Russia-Ministry
    of Regional Development, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Russian
    State Duma.

    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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