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Trend
http://en.trend.az/news/karabakh/1877007.html
May 16 2011
Azerbaijan
The Armenian president's historical illiteracy surprises. He does not
know that neither Nagorno-Karabakh nor Nakhchivan have ever been part
of Armenia, since Armenia did not exist then, Azerbaijani Foreign
Ministry Spokesman Elkhan Polukhov told Trend. He was commenting on
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan's interview to the Russian media.
"Speaking of Nakhchivan and Armenians' disagreement with its being
part of Azerbaijan, the Armenian president directly speaks about
continuing territorial claims to Azerbaijan," Polukhov noted.
According to Polukhov, it is worth to remind the head of the
neighboring country that mass resettlement of the Armenians to the
historical lands of Azerbaijan was repeatedly conducted during the
19-20th centuries, and Armenia's current capital was the city of
Irevan, largely populated by the Azerbaijanis.
Sargsyan said in an interview that at the dawn of Soviet power,
the Caucasian Bureau of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
decided to separate from the composition of Armenia its historical
Nagorno-Karabakh and Nakhichivan region and transfer these regions
to Azerbaijan.
Sargsyan said that at the junction of 1990-1991, Armenia became aware
that the internal forces would withdraw from the Nagorno-Karabakh
region. "On the eve of the withdrawal of internal troops, we realized
that we would stay alone with our problems and turbulent events will
come on," he stressed in an interview.
Polukhov said that Serzh Azadovich is clearly cunning, saying that
on the eve of the withdrawal of troops from Nagorno-Karabakh, they
realized that leave alone with their problems.
"Exactly he, together with the 366th military regiment, massacred in
Khojali in February 1992, using the opportunity of Soviet troops by the
end. Azadovich, you can find the confirmation of this fact in the book
"Black Garden" by the British journalist de Waal, as well as in memoirs
of brother of the Armenian terrorist Monte Melkonian," Polukhov said.
In addition, Sargsyan said the people of Nagorno-Karabakh themselves
should decide their own destiny, have every opportunity to safely
develop in their homeland and the principle of territorial integrity
does not mean the inviolability of borders.
With this regard, Polukhov said apparently the Armenian president is
not familiar with the provisions of international law, which provides
a mechanism for self-determination within the territorial integrity
of states.
"Giving an interview and saying that this kind of self-determination
does not happen and that this variant is truncated and primitive,
the Armenian president forgets about the presence of several
self-determined autonomous regions in Russia, thereby intentionally
wishing to offend the state, whose media interviews him, or continues
demonstrating illiteracy," Polukhov underscored.
Sargsyan said the Karabakh problem differs from all problems of the
type. "Generally, all these conflicts are distinctive. Each has its
own special causes, consequences, and dynamics of development. As
a precedent, of course, the appearance of new states in the world
has a positive effect on international recognition of the rights of
Nagorno-Karabakh people," Sargsyan said.
Polukhov said that speaking of the illogicality, the Armenian president
seems illogical. Perhaps, his poor education does not allow him to
understand the conditions under which Armenia and Azerbaijan gained
independence - exactly, as a result of the voluntary dissolution of
the USSR, without violent change of borders of the republics, which
were part of the former Soviet Union and which were recognized by the
international community in those borders, within which they were part
of the Soviet Union, said Polukhov.
"Does Sargsyan know that with his idea that the territorial integrity
does not mean the inviolability of borders, he denies the foundations
of international law and the Helsinki Final Act, which Armenia joined,
the charters of UN and OSCE, which Armenia has joined, and many other
international documents that clearly stipulate the inadmissibility
of forcible change of borders of a sovereign state?" Polukhov said.
He noted the Armenian president seems even more illogical when he sets
examples of different territorial conflicts as a positive example to
justify the right of the Nagorno-Karabakh people to self-determination
on the one hand, and says that all these conflicts are distinctive
and unique, on the other.
In reply to question about scale of risks for resumption of actual
battles, Sargsyan said the probability exists, because "I cannot
understand why Azerbaijan is delaying the negotiation process". In
addition, Sargsyan said Armenia can recognize the independence of
the separatist Nagorno-Karabakh in the future, but not today.
"We are negotiating, and the recognition of Nagorno-Karabakh would
mean their failure. It is better to negotiate," Sargsyan said.
Polukhov said Serzh Azadovich argues that Azerbaijan is delaying
the negotiation process, while he himself threatens a possible
outbreak of battles. Moreover, he is still trying to blackmail with
the possibility of recognizing the independence of Nagorno-Karabakh,
but then stipulates that it is better to negotiate.
Sargsyan also accused Azerbaijan and Turkey of the sorry plight of the
Armenian population. "In these circumstances, it was very difficult to
provide population with the goods of even basic necessities. We had
big problems with energy supply. And the most important achievement
is that we were able to ensure stability," Sargsyan said.
Commenting on the interview, Polukhov said Sargsyan was shamefully
silent about the fact that he was one of those who headed the
separatist movement, whose actions led to the appearance of hundreds
of thousands of refugees and displaced persons, the conduct of ethnic
cleansing, the fact that dozens of towns and villages were wiped out,
the monuments of history, culture and religion were destroyed on the
occupied territories of Azerbaijan.
"Evaluating the interview of the Armenian president, one may suggest
that Serzh Azadovich maximally diverts people's attention from the
realities and problems, as well as the current catastrophic situation
in Armenia, speaking only about the neighbors, history and nothing
about today. It is enough to only start withdrawing the occupying
forces from Azerbaijani territories in order to reduce military
expenditure and create conditions for progress in the region, from
which Armenia will firstly benefit and create conditions for improving
the welfare of its own population," Polukhov said.
Unfortunately, Serzh Sargsyan even in his attempts to influence his
audience by Russian media differed with full contradictions in his
statements, he underscored.
Trend
http://en.trend.az/news/karabakh/1877007.html
May 16 2011
Azerbaijan
The Armenian president's historical illiteracy surprises. He does not
know that neither Nagorno-Karabakh nor Nakhchivan have ever been part
of Armenia, since Armenia did not exist then, Azerbaijani Foreign
Ministry Spokesman Elkhan Polukhov told Trend. He was commenting on
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan's interview to the Russian media.
"Speaking of Nakhchivan and Armenians' disagreement with its being
part of Azerbaijan, the Armenian president directly speaks about
continuing territorial claims to Azerbaijan," Polukhov noted.
According to Polukhov, it is worth to remind the head of the
neighboring country that mass resettlement of the Armenians to the
historical lands of Azerbaijan was repeatedly conducted during the
19-20th centuries, and Armenia's current capital was the city of
Irevan, largely populated by the Azerbaijanis.
Sargsyan said in an interview that at the dawn of Soviet power,
the Caucasian Bureau of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
decided to separate from the composition of Armenia its historical
Nagorno-Karabakh and Nakhichivan region and transfer these regions
to Azerbaijan.
Sargsyan said that at the junction of 1990-1991, Armenia became aware
that the internal forces would withdraw from the Nagorno-Karabakh
region. "On the eve of the withdrawal of internal troops, we realized
that we would stay alone with our problems and turbulent events will
come on," he stressed in an interview.
Polukhov said that Serzh Azadovich is clearly cunning, saying that
on the eve of the withdrawal of troops from Nagorno-Karabakh, they
realized that leave alone with their problems.
"Exactly he, together with the 366th military regiment, massacred in
Khojali in February 1992, using the opportunity of Soviet troops by the
end. Azadovich, you can find the confirmation of this fact in the book
"Black Garden" by the British journalist de Waal, as well as in memoirs
of brother of the Armenian terrorist Monte Melkonian," Polukhov said.
In addition, Sargsyan said the people of Nagorno-Karabakh themselves
should decide their own destiny, have every opportunity to safely
develop in their homeland and the principle of territorial integrity
does not mean the inviolability of borders.
With this regard, Polukhov said apparently the Armenian president is
not familiar with the provisions of international law, which provides
a mechanism for self-determination within the territorial integrity
of states.
"Giving an interview and saying that this kind of self-determination
does not happen and that this variant is truncated and primitive,
the Armenian president forgets about the presence of several
self-determined autonomous regions in Russia, thereby intentionally
wishing to offend the state, whose media interviews him, or continues
demonstrating illiteracy," Polukhov underscored.
Sargsyan said the Karabakh problem differs from all problems of the
type. "Generally, all these conflicts are distinctive. Each has its
own special causes, consequences, and dynamics of development. As
a precedent, of course, the appearance of new states in the world
has a positive effect on international recognition of the rights of
Nagorno-Karabakh people," Sargsyan said.
Polukhov said that speaking of the illogicality, the Armenian president
seems illogical. Perhaps, his poor education does not allow him to
understand the conditions under which Armenia and Azerbaijan gained
independence - exactly, as a result of the voluntary dissolution of
the USSR, without violent change of borders of the republics, which
were part of the former Soviet Union and which were recognized by the
international community in those borders, within which they were part
of the Soviet Union, said Polukhov.
"Does Sargsyan know that with his idea that the territorial integrity
does not mean the inviolability of borders, he denies the foundations
of international law and the Helsinki Final Act, which Armenia joined,
the charters of UN and OSCE, which Armenia has joined, and many other
international documents that clearly stipulate the inadmissibility
of forcible change of borders of a sovereign state?" Polukhov said.
He noted the Armenian president seems even more illogical when he sets
examples of different territorial conflicts as a positive example to
justify the right of the Nagorno-Karabakh people to self-determination
on the one hand, and says that all these conflicts are distinctive
and unique, on the other.
In reply to question about scale of risks for resumption of actual
battles, Sargsyan said the probability exists, because "I cannot
understand why Azerbaijan is delaying the negotiation process". In
addition, Sargsyan said Armenia can recognize the independence of
the separatist Nagorno-Karabakh in the future, but not today.
"We are negotiating, and the recognition of Nagorno-Karabakh would
mean their failure. It is better to negotiate," Sargsyan said.
Polukhov said Serzh Azadovich argues that Azerbaijan is delaying
the negotiation process, while he himself threatens a possible
outbreak of battles. Moreover, he is still trying to blackmail with
the possibility of recognizing the independence of Nagorno-Karabakh,
but then stipulates that it is better to negotiate.
Sargsyan also accused Azerbaijan and Turkey of the sorry plight of the
Armenian population. "In these circumstances, it was very difficult to
provide population with the goods of even basic necessities. We had
big problems with energy supply. And the most important achievement
is that we were able to ensure stability," Sargsyan said.
Commenting on the interview, Polukhov said Sargsyan was shamefully
silent about the fact that he was one of those who headed the
separatist movement, whose actions led to the appearance of hundreds
of thousands of refugees and displaced persons, the conduct of ethnic
cleansing, the fact that dozens of towns and villages were wiped out,
the monuments of history, culture and religion were destroyed on the
occupied territories of Azerbaijan.
"Evaluating the interview of the Armenian president, one may suggest
that Serzh Azadovich maximally diverts people's attention from the
realities and problems, as well as the current catastrophic situation
in Armenia, speaking only about the neighbors, history and nothing
about today. It is enough to only start withdrawing the occupying
forces from Azerbaijani territories in order to reduce military
expenditure and create conditions for progress in the region, from
which Armenia will firstly benefit and create conditions for improving
the welfare of its own population," Polukhov said.
Unfortunately, Serzh Sargsyan even in his attempts to influence his
audience by Russian media differed with full contradictions in his
statements, he underscored.