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AssA-Irada, Azerbaijan
June 23, 2010 Wednesday
AZERIS IN GERMANY PROTEST SARKISIAN
Activists of the Azerbaijani Diaspora in Berlin organized a picket
Tuesday to condemn a report made by Armenian President Serzh
Sarkisian, Azerbaijans State Committee for Work with the Diaspora has
said. At the picket Azerbaijan's flags were waved, slogans "Return our
homeland!", "Observe UN resolutions," "Stop occupation policy!"
were voiced. The protesters were able to attract the attention of
Germany's public to the topic, distributing books and other materials
about the realities of the Nagorno Garabagh conflict and the Khojaly
massacre committed by Armenians against Azeris in 1992. The protest
aimed to condemn Sarkisians report on "The Security and Development in
the South Caucasus: Armenia's role in this process", which was made in
the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung foundation during the Armenian
president's visit to Germany. Sarkisian's address was based on
one-sided allegations. Though he tried to show the path of political
and economic development for turning the South Caucasus into a stable
and powerful region, his main purpose was to substantiate the
possibility of Armenia's participation in lucrative economic projects
in the region. Habib Abdullayev (Muntazir), a political emigrant who
co-organized the protest, was detained after chanting Sarkisian is a
terrorist and a murderer. Abdullayev was told that he had insulted
Sarkisian under German laws. The German police also said that his case
would be sent to the prosecutors office. An Azerbaijani joining
discussions as the Armenian leader made his speech called Sarkisian an
invader. He said the villages in the Aghdam district have been under
the occupation by Armenian and Russian armed forces since 1992. I have
been unable to go there for eighteen years. How long will you keep my
native village under occupation, Mr. Sarkisian? 20 percent of
Azerbaijans territory, including Upper Garabagh and seven adjacent
districts, has been under Armenian occupation since the two South
Caucasus republics signed a precarious cease-fire in 1994 following a
lengthy war. Hostilities over the mountainous region of Upper Garabagh
in the early 1990s claimed some 30,000 lives and displaced about a
million Azerbaijanis. The ceasefire accord was signed in 1994, but the
OSCE-brokered peace talks have been largely fruitless so far.
From: A. Papazian
June 23, 2010 Wednesday
AZERIS IN GERMANY PROTEST SARKISIAN
Activists of the Azerbaijani Diaspora in Berlin organized a picket
Tuesday to condemn a report made by Armenian President Serzh
Sarkisian, Azerbaijans State Committee for Work with the Diaspora has
said. At the picket Azerbaijan's flags were waved, slogans "Return our
homeland!", "Observe UN resolutions," "Stop occupation policy!"
were voiced. The protesters were able to attract the attention of
Germany's public to the topic, distributing books and other materials
about the realities of the Nagorno Garabagh conflict and the Khojaly
massacre committed by Armenians against Azeris in 1992. The protest
aimed to condemn Sarkisians report on "The Security and Development in
the South Caucasus: Armenia's role in this process", which was made in
the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung foundation during the Armenian
president's visit to Germany. Sarkisian's address was based on
one-sided allegations. Though he tried to show the path of political
and economic development for turning the South Caucasus into a stable
and powerful region, his main purpose was to substantiate the
possibility of Armenia's participation in lucrative economic projects
in the region. Habib Abdullayev (Muntazir), a political emigrant who
co-organized the protest, was detained after chanting Sarkisian is a
terrorist and a murderer. Abdullayev was told that he had insulted
Sarkisian under German laws. The German police also said that his case
would be sent to the prosecutors office. An Azerbaijani joining
discussions as the Armenian leader made his speech called Sarkisian an
invader. He said the villages in the Aghdam district have been under
the occupation by Armenian and Russian armed forces since 1992. I have
been unable to go there for eighteen years. How long will you keep my
native village under occupation, Mr. Sarkisian? 20 percent of
Azerbaijans territory, including Upper Garabagh and seven adjacent
districts, has been under Armenian occupation since the two South
Caucasus republics signed a precarious cease-fire in 1994 following a
lengthy war. Hostilities over the mountainous region of Upper Garabagh
in the early 1990s claimed some 30,000 lives and displaced about a
million Azerbaijanis. The ceasefire accord was signed in 1994, but the
OSCE-brokered peace talks have been largely fruitless so far.
From: A. Papazian