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AZERBAIJAN WILL FACE NO MAJOR CLASHES IN THE NEAR FUTURE, EXPERT SAYS
PanARMENIAN.Net
March 5, 2012 - 12:45 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - Political scientist Hrant Melik-Shahnazaryan said
the riot in Azerbaijan has nothing to do with either economic or
social problems, as "this is a national problem."
"Azerbaijan will wait until it finds out who the riot organizers
were, and then will punish those severely using methods we all know,"
he said at a March 5 press conference.
He also noted that no major clashes will take place in Azerbaijan in
the near future; however, tensions will emerge regularly since the
political pressure of Azerbaijani authorities on indigenous population
makes them revolt.
Hrant Melik-Shahnazaryan touched upon the murder of two Azerbaijani
officers as well saying this was done by Azerbaijanis themselves
because one of the victims was a Lezgian and the other Avar by
nationality. "Azerbaijan thus started to punish the locals for
the incident. Local people went to streets in the town of Guba
in Azerbaijan on March 1, most of them being Lezgians or Avar by
nationality," the expert said.
Riots came after Guba's governor Rauf Habibov's statement saying that
Guba residents had sold out their motherland.
Though Habibov tried to apologize later, people were not satisfied.
They started stoning the building of the local administration, and then
set fire to Habibov's house. After failure of the local police to calm
down the unrest involving several hundreds of people (a few thousands,
according to some estimates), security forces were called in.
Habibov was sacked on March 2.
Media reported about cases of injuries both among the law enforcement
and civilians, the exact number of victims remaining unknown.
PanARMENIAN.Net
March 5, 2012 - 12:45 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - Political scientist Hrant Melik-Shahnazaryan said
the riot in Azerbaijan has nothing to do with either economic or
social problems, as "this is a national problem."
"Azerbaijan will wait until it finds out who the riot organizers
were, and then will punish those severely using methods we all know,"
he said at a March 5 press conference.
He also noted that no major clashes will take place in Azerbaijan in
the near future; however, tensions will emerge regularly since the
political pressure of Azerbaijani authorities on indigenous population
makes them revolt.
Hrant Melik-Shahnazaryan touched upon the murder of two Azerbaijani
officers as well saying this was done by Azerbaijanis themselves
because one of the victims was a Lezgian and the other Avar by
nationality. "Azerbaijan thus started to punish the locals for
the incident. Local people went to streets in the town of Guba
in Azerbaijan on March 1, most of them being Lezgians or Avar by
nationality," the expert said.
Riots came after Guba's governor Rauf Habibov's statement saying that
Guba residents had sold out their motherland.
Though Habibov tried to apologize later, people were not satisfied.
They started stoning the building of the local administration, and then
set fire to Habibov's house. After failure of the local police to calm
down the unrest involving several hundreds of people (a few thousands,
according to some estimates), security forces were called in.
Habibov was sacked on March 2.
Media reported about cases of injuries both among the law enforcement
and civilians, the exact number of victims remaining unknown.