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AZERBAIJANI FOREIGN MINISTRY: SARGSYAN MISLEADS INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY AGAIN
Trend
Nov 18 2011
Azerbaijan
The speech of Armenian President Serge Sargsyan again causes regret
and, frankly speaking, if the Armenian leadership were wiser the
country would not have been in such sad economic position and would
not have suffered such a demographic crisis, Elman Abdullayev, Press
Secretary of the Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan, told Trend on Friday.
"It should be mentioned once again that world countries, particularly,
foreign companies regard Azerbaijan as a global-scale partner. Today,
Azerbaijan receives relatively serious backing from the international
community. An evident illustration of this is that the country has been
elected a UN Security Council member state after it gave the upper
hand in such difficult group as the Eastern European one, withstood
17 rounds, and eventually joined the prominent international body's
Security Council," Abdullayev commented on the speech of Armenian
President Serge Sargsyan.
As reported by Armenian media, the President of Armenia told
international conference entitled "Change of Regional Security in the
South Caucasus" that the armaments drive committed by Azerbaijan is
a circumstance alarming not only Armenia or the South Caucasus but
also the region in a broader sense.
Abdullayev said the Armenian President once again misleads the
international community and shamelessly deceives his nation through
manipulating Azerbaijan's military budget.
"It should be mentioned that Armenia spends the bigger part of its
budget for military purposes, an indication that the country is
getting militarized," the Ministry's official noted.
As for Azerbaijan, 20 percent of whose territory is under Armenian
occupation, the strengthening of the country's defense capability
seems quite natural, he said.
"Evidently, the position of Sargsyan remains permanently destructive
and aims to preserve status-quo and artificial delay of resolution
of the conflict," Abdullayev said.
The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988
when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Armenian
armed forces have occupied 20 per cent of Azerbaijan since 1992,
including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and seven surrounding districts.
From: Baghdasarian
Trend
Nov 18 2011
Azerbaijan
The speech of Armenian President Serge Sargsyan again causes regret
and, frankly speaking, if the Armenian leadership were wiser the
country would not have been in such sad economic position and would
not have suffered such a demographic crisis, Elman Abdullayev, Press
Secretary of the Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan, told Trend on Friday.
"It should be mentioned once again that world countries, particularly,
foreign companies regard Azerbaijan as a global-scale partner. Today,
Azerbaijan receives relatively serious backing from the international
community. An evident illustration of this is that the country has been
elected a UN Security Council member state after it gave the upper
hand in such difficult group as the Eastern European one, withstood
17 rounds, and eventually joined the prominent international body's
Security Council," Abdullayev commented on the speech of Armenian
President Serge Sargsyan.
As reported by Armenian media, the President of Armenia told
international conference entitled "Change of Regional Security in the
South Caucasus" that the armaments drive committed by Azerbaijan is
a circumstance alarming not only Armenia or the South Caucasus but
also the region in a broader sense.
Abdullayev said the Armenian President once again misleads the
international community and shamelessly deceives his nation through
manipulating Azerbaijan's military budget.
"It should be mentioned that Armenia spends the bigger part of its
budget for military purposes, an indication that the country is
getting militarized," the Ministry's official noted.
As for Azerbaijan, 20 percent of whose territory is under Armenian
occupation, the strengthening of the country's defense capability
seems quite natural, he said.
"Evidently, the position of Sargsyan remains permanently destructive
and aims to preserve status-quo and artificial delay of resolution
of the conflict," Abdullayev said.
The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988
when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Armenian
armed forces have occupied 20 per cent of Azerbaijan since 1992,
including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and seven surrounding districts.
From: Baghdasarian