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KARABAKH PEACE CONDITIONAL ON 'OVERTHROW OF ARMENIAN REGIME'
news.az
May 27 2011
Azerbaijan
An Azerbaijani official has said that progress cannot be made
on a Karabakh peace deal until the "fascist regime in Armenia is
overthrown".
Deputy Prime Minister Ali Hasanov, who is also chairman of Azerbaijan's
State Committee for Refugees and Displaced Persons, made the comments
on Friday during discussions of a book by the head of the Presidential
Administration, Academician Ramiz Mehdiyev, "Goris 2010: Theater of
the Absurd".
His emotive remarks come a month before the Armenian and Azerbaijani
presidents are to hold their next meeting in Russia with the mediation
of the Russian president, and a day after the US, French and Russian
leaders urged the two countries to make progress on a peace deal and
"to prepare their populations for peace, not war".
Ali Hasanov called on the international community to change the ruling
regime in Armenia, following the example of Middle Eastern countries,
1 news.az reported.
"Serzh Sargsyan's regime is the most bloodthirsty of all the
world's regimes and it should be overthrown. The time has come for
the international community to pay close attention to the actions of
the Armenian president. Serzh Sargsyan is a real criminal who has the
blood of thousands of Azerbaijanis on his conscience. And until this
fascist regime in Armenia is overthrown, I do not think there can be
any progress on the Karabakh conflict," Hasanov said.
He said that the regime in Armenia would have to be replaced if the
international community wanted stability in the Caucasus.
"This regime should be overthrown, as 90% of the population of the
country are poor and hungry. If this continues, the collapse of Serzh
Sargsyan's regime is unavoidable," the deputy PM continued.
He said that Nagorno-Karabakh would be liberated thanks to the policy
of Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, since, unlike other presidents,
he conducts an independent policy and does not consult other heads
of states on every issue.
The book under discussion by Hasanov and others on Friday criticizes
the views of Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan, some of them expressed
in the town of Goris in southern Armenia.
"The first clashes between Armenians and Azerbaijanis occurred in
Goris in Soviet times in 1965 and Goris has the Armenians who are most
hostile towards Turks and Azerbaijanis. Sargsyan made the statements
there in order to gain the sympathy of the people of Goris," 1 news.az
reported Ali Hasanov as saying.
He accused the Armenians of continuing criminal acts by destroying
the cultural and historical heritage of Azerbaijanis in the occupied
lands of Azerbaijan.
"Thus, in [Caucasian] Albanian churches in Kelbajar, they started
to replace Albanian crosses with Armenian ones. This process started
just a few months ago," he said.
He also urged the West to give a "legal assessment" to Armenian
actions.
"The West should know that if they do not put Armenia in its place,
Armenians will soon say that California is ancient Armenian land,
while French Marseilles is an Armenian city. They will do it sooner or
later and the West should already take action, though, unfortunately,
we cannot see any action on their part," Hasanov said.
From: A. Papazian
news.az
May 27 2011
Azerbaijan
An Azerbaijani official has said that progress cannot be made
on a Karabakh peace deal until the "fascist regime in Armenia is
overthrown".
Deputy Prime Minister Ali Hasanov, who is also chairman of Azerbaijan's
State Committee for Refugees and Displaced Persons, made the comments
on Friday during discussions of a book by the head of the Presidential
Administration, Academician Ramiz Mehdiyev, "Goris 2010: Theater of
the Absurd".
His emotive remarks come a month before the Armenian and Azerbaijani
presidents are to hold their next meeting in Russia with the mediation
of the Russian president, and a day after the US, French and Russian
leaders urged the two countries to make progress on a peace deal and
"to prepare their populations for peace, not war".
Ali Hasanov called on the international community to change the ruling
regime in Armenia, following the example of Middle Eastern countries,
1 news.az reported.
"Serzh Sargsyan's regime is the most bloodthirsty of all the
world's regimes and it should be overthrown. The time has come for
the international community to pay close attention to the actions of
the Armenian president. Serzh Sargsyan is a real criminal who has the
blood of thousands of Azerbaijanis on his conscience. And until this
fascist regime in Armenia is overthrown, I do not think there can be
any progress on the Karabakh conflict," Hasanov said.
He said that the regime in Armenia would have to be replaced if the
international community wanted stability in the Caucasus.
"This regime should be overthrown, as 90% of the population of the
country are poor and hungry. If this continues, the collapse of Serzh
Sargsyan's regime is unavoidable," the deputy PM continued.
He said that Nagorno-Karabakh would be liberated thanks to the policy
of Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, since, unlike other presidents,
he conducts an independent policy and does not consult other heads
of states on every issue.
The book under discussion by Hasanov and others on Friday criticizes
the views of Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan, some of them expressed
in the town of Goris in southern Armenia.
"The first clashes between Armenians and Azerbaijanis occurred in
Goris in Soviet times in 1965 and Goris has the Armenians who are most
hostile towards Turks and Azerbaijanis. Sargsyan made the statements
there in order to gain the sympathy of the people of Goris," 1 news.az
reported Ali Hasanov as saying.
He accused the Armenians of continuing criminal acts by destroying
the cultural and historical heritage of Azerbaijanis in the occupied
lands of Azerbaijan.
"Thus, in [Caucasian] Albanian churches in Kelbajar, they started
to replace Albanian crosses with Armenian ones. This process started
just a few months ago," he said.
He also urged the West to give a "legal assessment" to Armenian
actions.
"The West should know that if they do not put Armenia in its place,
Armenians will soon say that California is ancient Armenian land,
while French Marseilles is an Armenian city. They will do it sooner or
later and the West should already take action, though, unfortunately,
we cannot see any action on their part," Hasanov said.
From: A. Papazian