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AZERBAIJANI MP SLAMS ARMENIAN PRESIDENT'S ARARAT REMARKS
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July 29, 2011
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijani MP and historian Musa Gasimli has criticized Armenian
President Serzh Sargsyan for urging young people to take land from
Turkey.
He said that Sargsyan's remarks to young people last Saturday
constituted a call for fresh invasions and showed that hatred, and
enmity, as well as territorial claims on its neighbours, were state
policy in Armenia, 1news.az reported.
"Sargsyan's statement that 'our generation liberated Karabakh and
you will have to liberate Ararat' shows that Armenia does not even
hide the fact that it has occupied Azerbaijani land, something that
has been recognized by the UN and other international organizations.
Moreover, Sargsyan's latest statements are counter to comments he made
in his speech to the OSCE. Then he said that Armenia had no claims on
its neighbours, but now he doesn't just recognize the occupation of
Azerbaijani land, he is also making territorial claims on neighbour
Turkey," Prof. Gasimli said.
"International organizations need to understand that Armenia is the
main hindrance to the democratic development of the region and its
European integration."
As for Armenia's territorial claims on Turkey, the deputy said that
only sombody who was insane could make such statements about its
neighbour: 'Now it has become clear to the world who is really to
blame for the worsening of Armenian-Turkish ties."
Asked by students on 23 July whether Armenia would be able to "regain"
Mt Ararat and surrounding territory, Serzh Sargsyan said: "This is
the mission of your generation. For example, my generation skillfully
accomplished its mission. We liberated Artsakh [the Armenian name for
Karabakh], part of our land, from the enemy in the early 1990s. Each
generation has its own mission."
The Turkish Foreign Ministry has issued a statement condemning the
remarks, while Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said that the
comments show that the Armenian president has no desire for peace.
news.az
News.Az
July 29, 2011
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijani MP and historian Musa Gasimli has criticized Armenian
President Serzh Sargsyan for urging young people to take land from
Turkey.
He said that Sargsyan's remarks to young people last Saturday
constituted a call for fresh invasions and showed that hatred, and
enmity, as well as territorial claims on its neighbours, were state
policy in Armenia, 1news.az reported.
"Sargsyan's statement that 'our generation liberated Karabakh and
you will have to liberate Ararat' shows that Armenia does not even
hide the fact that it has occupied Azerbaijani land, something that
has been recognized by the UN and other international organizations.
Moreover, Sargsyan's latest statements are counter to comments he made
in his speech to the OSCE. Then he said that Armenia had no claims on
its neighbours, but now he doesn't just recognize the occupation of
Azerbaijani land, he is also making territorial claims on neighbour
Turkey," Prof. Gasimli said.
"International organizations need to understand that Armenia is the
main hindrance to the democratic development of the region and its
European integration."
As for Armenia's territorial claims on Turkey, the deputy said that
only sombody who was insane could make such statements about its
neighbour: 'Now it has become clear to the world who is really to
blame for the worsening of Armenian-Turkish ties."
Asked by students on 23 July whether Armenia would be able to "regain"
Mt Ararat and surrounding territory, Serzh Sargsyan said: "This is
the mission of your generation. For example, my generation skillfully
accomplished its mission. We liberated Artsakh [the Armenian name for
Karabakh], part of our land, from the enemy in the early 1990s. Each
generation has its own mission."
The Turkish Foreign Ministry has issued a statement condemning the
remarks, while Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said that the
comments show that the Armenian president has no desire for peace.