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HOUSE REP. ADAM SCHIFF DEMANDS WASHINGTON TO RECOGNIZE NAGORNO KARABAKH'S INDEPENDENCE
arminfo
Thursday, October 18, 14:29
The volatility of the situation was greatly heightened last month
by the egregious repatriation and release of Ramil Safarov, an
Azerbaijani army captain who had confessed to the savage 2004 axe
murder of Armenian army lieutenant Gurgen Margaryan, while the latter
slept, says House Representative Adam Schiff.
Further in the statement Schiif recalls that Safarov's rapturous
welcome in Baku is testament to the degree of anti-Armenian hatred
that is being incited in contemporary Azerbaijan. That a man who
nearly decapitated a sleeping comrade could be treated as a national
hero is so inexplicable and appalling, it vindicates the concern of
many Armenians that the forced imposition of Azeri sovereignty over
the free people of Arstakh would result in a bloodbath, he says.
"...The people of Artsakh - overwhelmingly Armenian and overwhelmingly
Christian - cannot be allowed to fall into the hands of Aliyev. By
celebrating a murderer, he and his country have shown the world their
true nature and made a compelling case for hastening full recognition
of independent Artsakh...I have long supported self-determination for
the people of Nagorno-Karabakh and I believe that unless the United
States and its Minsk Group partners take concerted efforts to resolve
the status of Nagorno-Karabakh in a way that reflects the will of
the people of Artsakh, the prospect for renewed fighting and horrific
casualties will grow. It is in everybody's interest to see this matter
settled and it should be a diplomatic priority for 2013," Schiff says.
arminfo
Thursday, October 18, 14:29
The volatility of the situation was greatly heightened last month
by the egregious repatriation and release of Ramil Safarov, an
Azerbaijani army captain who had confessed to the savage 2004 axe
murder of Armenian army lieutenant Gurgen Margaryan, while the latter
slept, says House Representative Adam Schiff.
Further in the statement Schiif recalls that Safarov's rapturous
welcome in Baku is testament to the degree of anti-Armenian hatred
that is being incited in contemporary Azerbaijan. That a man who
nearly decapitated a sleeping comrade could be treated as a national
hero is so inexplicable and appalling, it vindicates the concern of
many Armenians that the forced imposition of Azeri sovereignty over
the free people of Arstakh would result in a bloodbath, he says.
"...The people of Artsakh - overwhelmingly Armenian and overwhelmingly
Christian - cannot be allowed to fall into the hands of Aliyev. By
celebrating a murderer, he and his country have shown the world their
true nature and made a compelling case for hastening full recognition
of independent Artsakh...I have long supported self-determination for
the people of Nagorno-Karabakh and I believe that unless the United
States and its Minsk Group partners take concerted efforts to resolve
the status of Nagorno-Karabakh in a way that reflects the will of
the people of Artsakh, the prospect for renewed fighting and horrific
casualties will grow. It is in everybody's interest to see this matter
settled and it should be a diplomatic priority for 2013," Schiff says.