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GENEROSITY TURNS INTO WEAKNESS: ARKADY KARAPETYAN
Tert.am
10.11.10
In an interview with local Armenian daily Aravot, First Commander of
Nagorno Karabakh Republic's Self-Defense Army Arkady Karapetyan shares
his concerns over Armenian side's ceding attitude to Azerbaijan,
particularly in the light of the recent swap of war prisoners and
dead bodies.
"I have an impression that we do more than we can to prove that we are
very generous. We don't have to do that. We are much more generous
than the Azeris. The problem is that our generosity is treated
differently by Azerbaijan and the entire world. It is perceived as a
sign of weakness," he, touching upon Armenian and Azerbaijani leaders'
recent meeting in Astrakhan (Ago).
According to him, such generosity was perceived even at wartime,
when Armenians suffered more losses than Azeris. And the tradition
of Armenians' exchanging living prisoners of war with dead bodies
dates back to those years. But the rules of war dictate the exchange
to be equivalent.
Recalling his many years' experience, the NKR official notes that
Azerbaijani side in this way highlights its advantages, which is
silently perceived by mediators, while Armenia's leadership makes no
attempts to break the existing stereotypes.
"I don't want us to become as inhumane as the Azeris. But we must
realize our advantage. We scream and yell to make the world know that
we are being beaten and slaughtered. But we never speak about our
victory, whereas it is our right to act in the position of a winner.
If they are treating us like that, we must give them a worthy
response," Mr Karapetyan stressed.
From: A. Papazian
Tert.am
10.11.10
In an interview with local Armenian daily Aravot, First Commander of
Nagorno Karabakh Republic's Self-Defense Army Arkady Karapetyan shares
his concerns over Armenian side's ceding attitude to Azerbaijan,
particularly in the light of the recent swap of war prisoners and
dead bodies.
"I have an impression that we do more than we can to prove that we are
very generous. We don't have to do that. We are much more generous
than the Azeris. The problem is that our generosity is treated
differently by Azerbaijan and the entire world. It is perceived as a
sign of weakness," he, touching upon Armenian and Azerbaijani leaders'
recent meeting in Astrakhan (Ago).
According to him, such generosity was perceived even at wartime,
when Armenians suffered more losses than Azeris. And the tradition
of Armenians' exchanging living prisoners of war with dead bodies
dates back to those years. But the rules of war dictate the exchange
to be equivalent.
Recalling his many years' experience, the NKR official notes that
Azerbaijani side in this way highlights its advantages, which is
silently perceived by mediators, while Armenia's leadership makes no
attempts to break the existing stereotypes.
"I don't want us to become as inhumane as the Azeris. But we must
realize our advantage. We scream and yell to make the world know that
we are being beaten and slaughtered. But we never speak about our
victory, whereas it is our right to act in the position of a winner.
If they are treating us like that, we must give them a worthy
response," Mr Karapetyan stressed.
From: A. Papazian