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"ARMENIA SHOULD HAVE BEEN THE ACCUSER AND NOT THEM," S. SAFARYAN SAYS ABOUT THE SPEECHES OF MAMEDYAROV AND DAVUTOGLU
http://www.aravot.am/en/2012/09/29/114821/
September 29, 2012 16:30
As www.aravot.am has already informed, yesterday Elmar Mamedyarov,
the Azerbaijani Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Ahmet Davutoglu,
the Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs, made speeches at the annual
plenary meeting of the UN General Assembly. Both of them talked about
the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict settlement, which should be achieved
only in accordance with Azerbaijan's territorial integrity. Also, the
Azerbaijani Minister of Foreign Affairs called Armenia an "occupant"
as if Yerevan disrupted the meeting of the two sides proposed by the
European organizations.
We asked Stepan Safaryan, the secretary general of the Heritage Party,
to comment on the two above-mentioned speeches. He said during a
conversation with us, "Certainly, such speeches were expectable. There
is nothing novel in the Turks' and Azerbaijanis' statements and they
obviously had to use the UN platform to accuse Armenia of aggression
and occupation once again. In this regard, I just think that they
wouldn't have had such a big mouth, if we, Yerevan, had made absolutely
different kind of accusations regarding Safarov's extradition. The
countries, which are not only behind the deed committed by Ramil
Safarov, but also behind his extradition, shouldn't have had the right
to speak like that from the UN platform. Armenia should have been
the accuser, not them, since what Turkey and Azerbaijan have done
to increase tensions in the region has specific purposes and one of
those steps was to jointly see through Safarov's extradition. And if
concrete accusations had been made in this regard, the speeches of
Turkey's and Azerbaijan's ministers would have been considered in a
different light and they wouldn't have had such a big mouth."
As for calling Armenia an "occupant" and accusing it of deadlocking
the negotiations, Mr. Safaryan said, "It is a lie and one should prove
that the one who has always deadlocked the negotiations is Azerbaijan.
By the way, Ramil Safarov's extradition aimed at striking a blow to
those negotiations realizing quite well what the reaction of Yerevan
would be like, that Yerevan would reject negotiations and one would
manage to squeeze Turkey into the negotiation format. One should have
talked about all this and showed this connection."
Tatev HARUTYUNYAN
http://www.aravot.am/en/2012/09/29/114821/
September 29, 2012 16:30
As www.aravot.am has already informed, yesterday Elmar Mamedyarov,
the Azerbaijani Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Ahmet Davutoglu,
the Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs, made speeches at the annual
plenary meeting of the UN General Assembly. Both of them talked about
the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict settlement, which should be achieved
only in accordance with Azerbaijan's territorial integrity. Also, the
Azerbaijani Minister of Foreign Affairs called Armenia an "occupant"
as if Yerevan disrupted the meeting of the two sides proposed by the
European organizations.
We asked Stepan Safaryan, the secretary general of the Heritage Party,
to comment on the two above-mentioned speeches. He said during a
conversation with us, "Certainly, such speeches were expectable. There
is nothing novel in the Turks' and Azerbaijanis' statements and they
obviously had to use the UN platform to accuse Armenia of aggression
and occupation once again. In this regard, I just think that they
wouldn't have had such a big mouth, if we, Yerevan, had made absolutely
different kind of accusations regarding Safarov's extradition. The
countries, which are not only behind the deed committed by Ramil
Safarov, but also behind his extradition, shouldn't have had the right
to speak like that from the UN platform. Armenia should have been
the accuser, not them, since what Turkey and Azerbaijan have done
to increase tensions in the region has specific purposes and one of
those steps was to jointly see through Safarov's extradition. And if
concrete accusations had been made in this regard, the speeches of
Turkey's and Azerbaijan's ministers would have been considered in a
different light and they wouldn't have had such a big mouth."
As for calling Armenia an "occupant" and accusing it of deadlocking
the negotiations, Mr. Safaryan said, "It is a lie and one should prove
that the one who has always deadlocked the negotiations is Azerbaijan.
By the way, Ramil Safarov's extradition aimed at striking a blow to
those negotiations realizing quite well what the reaction of Yerevan
would be like, that Yerevan would reject negotiations and one would
manage to squeeze Turkey into the negotiation format. One should have
talked about all this and showed this connection."
Tatev HARUTYUNYAN