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AZERBAIJAN SAYS KARABAKH CONFLICT IS NOT INTERRACIAL
Interfax
Nov 8 2010
Russia
The Azeri Foreign Ministry has asked UN countries to call on Armenia
to prevent attempts to present the Karabakh conflict as interracial
and inter-religious.
"Azerbaijan believes that the international community will be able
to put an end to the Armenian policies based on racial and religious
motives and convince it to stop the occupation of Azerbaijani land,
drop its territorial claims on neighboring countries and establish
civilized relationships with the countries of the region for the sake
of long-term peace, security and stability in the Southern Caucasus,"
the Foreign Ministry reported.
An official letter by the Azeri representation in the UN addressed
to the UN general-secretary, which criticized the statement made by
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan, has been disseminated among the
UN members.
According to Armenian media reports. Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan
said in a meeting with Armenian journalists in Goris on October 16,
2010, citing studies conducted by genetics and linguistics experts,
that the Armenian language has a history of at least 8,000 years and
the Armenians as a nation have existed for at least 8,000 years. "The
population of the territory [Nagorno-Karabakh] was homogenous for
thousands of years: it was populated solely by Armenians, which is
confirmed even by Turkish official sources of the 18th century,"
he said. "Turk and Muslim nomad tribes, which accounted for a mere
5% of the total population at the beginning of the 20th century,
began settling there only in the second half of the 18th century,"
Sargsyan was quoted by the Armenian media as saying.
In the meantime, Azerbaijan found that the statement made by the
Armenian president alleged "the supremacy of Armenians over other
peoples, including Azerbaijanis, whom the Armenian president called
a Turk nomad tribe."
"It is regrettable that the Armenian president has forgotten how
much suffering such 'genetic tests' have inflicted on the world,"
the Azeri Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
The ministry said the Armenian administration has made such statements
before. "The statement made by former Armenian President Robert
Kocharian on the 'ethnic incompatibility of Armenians and Azerbaijanis
draw just anger from the international community," the statement says.
"The statements made by Serzh Sargsyan clearly indicate that supremacy
and the ideology of hatred occupy the main place in the state ideology
of Armenia," the Azeri Foreign Ministry said.
From: A. Papazian
Interfax
Nov 8 2010
Russia
The Azeri Foreign Ministry has asked UN countries to call on Armenia
to prevent attempts to present the Karabakh conflict as interracial
and inter-religious.
"Azerbaijan believes that the international community will be able
to put an end to the Armenian policies based on racial and religious
motives and convince it to stop the occupation of Azerbaijani land,
drop its territorial claims on neighboring countries and establish
civilized relationships with the countries of the region for the sake
of long-term peace, security and stability in the Southern Caucasus,"
the Foreign Ministry reported.
An official letter by the Azeri representation in the UN addressed
to the UN general-secretary, which criticized the statement made by
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan, has been disseminated among the
UN members.
According to Armenian media reports. Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan
said in a meeting with Armenian journalists in Goris on October 16,
2010, citing studies conducted by genetics and linguistics experts,
that the Armenian language has a history of at least 8,000 years and
the Armenians as a nation have existed for at least 8,000 years. "The
population of the territory [Nagorno-Karabakh] was homogenous for
thousands of years: it was populated solely by Armenians, which is
confirmed even by Turkish official sources of the 18th century,"
he said. "Turk and Muslim nomad tribes, which accounted for a mere
5% of the total population at the beginning of the 20th century,
began settling there only in the second half of the 18th century,"
Sargsyan was quoted by the Armenian media as saying.
In the meantime, Azerbaijan found that the statement made by the
Armenian president alleged "the supremacy of Armenians over other
peoples, including Azerbaijanis, whom the Armenian president called
a Turk nomad tribe."
"It is regrettable that the Armenian president has forgotten how
much suffering such 'genetic tests' have inflicted on the world,"
the Azeri Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
The ministry said the Armenian administration has made such statements
before. "The statement made by former Armenian President Robert
Kocharian on the 'ethnic incompatibility of Armenians and Azerbaijanis
draw just anger from the international community," the statement says.
"The statements made by Serzh Sargsyan clearly indicate that supremacy
and the ideology of hatred occupy the main place in the state ideology
of Armenia," the Azeri Foreign Ministry said.
From: A. Papazian