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IF WORLD WAS GUIDED BY AZERBAIJANI PRESIDENT'S LOGIC, NEW STATES WOULD NOT HAVE EMERGED - NEWSPAPER
news.am
Oct 18 2011
Armenia
YEREVAN. - Hayots Ashkharh daily conducted an interview with ruling
coalition's Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) MP and press secretary
Eduard Sharmazanov:
Is it not worrisome [Azerbaijani President Ilham] Aliyev's "precaution"
that Azerbaijan has the right to restore its territorial integrity
in any way, and that no one can predict the consequences of various
scenarios at the border line?
In this way Aliyev is of course continuing to refuse from its
commitments. Despite joint declarations by the presidents of [OSCE]
Minsk Group Co-Chairing countries and the three Co-Chairs, even
[despite] those documents which Azerbaijani President has signed under
and which record that the [Karabakh] conflict can be settled solely by
peaceful means, the President of Azerbaijan is continuing to preach
war. I believe this perilous policy should not only cause concern
for the international community, but it should also receive a prompt
response. Aliyev must finally understand that self-determination of
the people of Artsakh [Karabakh] has no connection with Azerbaijan's
territorial integrity. The Artsakh conflict can be quickly resolved by
exclusively two alternatives. First, when Azerbaijan possesses so much
good sense that it starts talks with NKR [Nagorno-Karabakh Republic]
authorities and recognizes NKR's legal status. This alternative is
unavoidable, even if it is not carried out quickly. And if Aliyev rules
out good sense, launches a political adventure, and unleashes war,
there would really be a quick solution, since that adventurousness
would quickly end with capitulation of the Azerbaijani army. After
that, Aliyev would finally reconcile with the thought that now only
the Armenian tricolor can wave in [NKR capital] Stepanakert.
But Aliyev demands the return of Azerbaijani refugees and the
withdrawal of Armenian troops from "occupied" territories.
If Aliyev's demand is objective, he should immediately order the
Azerbaijani troops to withdraw from really occupied truly Armenian
territories: Getashen, Martunashen, and northern Martakert. If Aliyev
is speaking about refugees, he first and foremost must underscore that
state-orchestrated pogroms took place in Azerbaijan SSR cities. More
than half million Armenians were forcibly deported from Gandzak,
Baku, and Sumgait. Aliyev must also be able to perceive that right
to self-determination of nations-and in this case, of the Artsakh
people-is a universal objective, whereas territorial integrity, just
a principle which must contribute to execution of the undisputed right.
If the world were to be guided by Aliyev's logic, new states would
not have emerged in the world. In the meantime, the triumphal march
of the right of national self-determination is continuing now, and the
people of Artsakh are building their future by their will and actions.
news.am
Oct 18 2011
Armenia
YEREVAN. - Hayots Ashkharh daily conducted an interview with ruling
coalition's Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) MP and press secretary
Eduard Sharmazanov:
Is it not worrisome [Azerbaijani President Ilham] Aliyev's "precaution"
that Azerbaijan has the right to restore its territorial integrity
in any way, and that no one can predict the consequences of various
scenarios at the border line?
In this way Aliyev is of course continuing to refuse from its
commitments. Despite joint declarations by the presidents of [OSCE]
Minsk Group Co-Chairing countries and the three Co-Chairs, even
[despite] those documents which Azerbaijani President has signed under
and which record that the [Karabakh] conflict can be settled solely by
peaceful means, the President of Azerbaijan is continuing to preach
war. I believe this perilous policy should not only cause concern
for the international community, but it should also receive a prompt
response. Aliyev must finally understand that self-determination of
the people of Artsakh [Karabakh] has no connection with Azerbaijan's
territorial integrity. The Artsakh conflict can be quickly resolved by
exclusively two alternatives. First, when Azerbaijan possesses so much
good sense that it starts talks with NKR [Nagorno-Karabakh Republic]
authorities and recognizes NKR's legal status. This alternative is
unavoidable, even if it is not carried out quickly. And if Aliyev rules
out good sense, launches a political adventure, and unleashes war,
there would really be a quick solution, since that adventurousness
would quickly end with capitulation of the Azerbaijani army. After
that, Aliyev would finally reconcile with the thought that now only
the Armenian tricolor can wave in [NKR capital] Stepanakert.
But Aliyev demands the return of Azerbaijani refugees and the
withdrawal of Armenian troops from "occupied" territories.
If Aliyev's demand is objective, he should immediately order the
Azerbaijani troops to withdraw from really occupied truly Armenian
territories: Getashen, Martunashen, and northern Martakert. If Aliyev
is speaking about refugees, he first and foremost must underscore that
state-orchestrated pogroms took place in Azerbaijan SSR cities. More
than half million Armenians were forcibly deported from Gandzak,
Baku, and Sumgait. Aliyev must also be able to perceive that right
to self-determination of nations-and in this case, of the Artsakh
people-is a universal objective, whereas territorial integrity, just
a principle which must contribute to execution of the undisputed right.
If the world were to be guided by Aliyev's logic, new states would
not have emerged in the world. In the meantime, the triumphal march
of the right of national self-determination is continuing now, and the
people of Artsakh are building their future by their will and actions.