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OFFICIAL BAKU DOESN'T BELIEVE IN EFFECTIVENESS OF COMMITTEE OF AZERBAIJANI AND ARMENIAN DIASPORAS OF RUSSIA IN GARABAGH CONFLICT SETTLEMENT
Azerbaijan Business Center
Oct 24 2012
The State Committee for Diaspora Affairs of Azerbaijan has officially
stated that it does not believe in the positive impact on the
settlement of the Armenian-Azerbaijani Nagorno Garabagh conflict from
the Joint Committee of the Azerbaijani and the Armenian Diasporas
in Russia, founded in Moscow at roundtable "Azerbaijani & Armenian
Diasporas of Russia: Inter-Ethnic Dialogue".
The SCDAA statement says that settlement of the conflict with
participation of professional diplomats is more expedient.
As for the roundtable, the State Committee believes that such meetings
serve for the interests of the Armenian Diaspora, which seeks to build
a world opinion that the society of Azerbaijan is ready to compromise,
which call into question the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan.
"It is not by chance that in early 2000s, the Armenian Diaspora and
lobby came forward with such initiatives under the name "people's
diplomacy" in order to form the world's view that the society of
Azerbaijan is ready for compromise.
Previous years' experience shows that such steps have been taken
with the purpose of further impact on Azerbaijan in the course of the
negotiation process on the conflict settlement," the statement says.
Formally, the "social committee" aims to prompt resolution of conflicts
between the two diasporas in Russia.
At the same time the president of the Union of Armenians of Russia
(UAR), Ara Abramian, has said that they and citizens of Russia have
"nothing to share here or conflict".
"On the contrary, by our example we have to give a signal to our
homelands - Armenia and Azerbaijan - for reconciliation," Abramian
said.
In turn, Soyun Sadikov, head of the Federal National Cultural Autonomy
"Azerros", says that he and Abramian have friendly relations that
often allowed smoothing out conflicts situations that arise between
the young members of both communities.
"Our challenge and goal is to avoid those sins and conflicts that have
been in the past few years. If not our diasporas and their leaders,
they could not develop in a better way," said Sadikov, hoping that
"one day we'll again visit each other's homes, treat barbecue, drink
wine and dance".
The main organization of the Azerbaijani Diaspora in Russia is the
All-Russia Azerbaijani Congress (WAC), but not "AzerRos". At that,
the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict is linked "only" with the occupation
of 20% of Azerbaijani territory by Armenia and the expulsion of 1
million Azerbaijanis, Kurds, Russian, and other nations from their
homes by the Armenian armed forces.
Armenia's all claims over Nagorno Garabagh is based only on one
historical fact that Mesrop Mashtots developed the Armenian alphabet,
being in a monastery of Albanian Orthodox Church on the territory
of current Fizuli region (lowland Garabagh) of the Republic of
Azerbaijan. It would be like if Russia would make territorial claims
against the Czech Republic and Slovakia on the basis that the Saints
Cyril and Methodius used Moravian language and alphabet for creation
of Russian reading and writing.
Azerbaijan Business Center
Oct 24 2012
The State Committee for Diaspora Affairs of Azerbaijan has officially
stated that it does not believe in the positive impact on the
settlement of the Armenian-Azerbaijani Nagorno Garabagh conflict from
the Joint Committee of the Azerbaijani and the Armenian Diasporas
in Russia, founded in Moscow at roundtable "Azerbaijani & Armenian
Diasporas of Russia: Inter-Ethnic Dialogue".
The SCDAA statement says that settlement of the conflict with
participation of professional diplomats is more expedient.
As for the roundtable, the State Committee believes that such meetings
serve for the interests of the Armenian Diaspora, which seeks to build
a world opinion that the society of Azerbaijan is ready to compromise,
which call into question the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan.
"It is not by chance that in early 2000s, the Armenian Diaspora and
lobby came forward with such initiatives under the name "people's
diplomacy" in order to form the world's view that the society of
Azerbaijan is ready for compromise.
Previous years' experience shows that such steps have been taken
with the purpose of further impact on Azerbaijan in the course of the
negotiation process on the conflict settlement," the statement says.
Formally, the "social committee" aims to prompt resolution of conflicts
between the two diasporas in Russia.
At the same time the president of the Union of Armenians of Russia
(UAR), Ara Abramian, has said that they and citizens of Russia have
"nothing to share here or conflict".
"On the contrary, by our example we have to give a signal to our
homelands - Armenia and Azerbaijan - for reconciliation," Abramian
said.
In turn, Soyun Sadikov, head of the Federal National Cultural Autonomy
"Azerros", says that he and Abramian have friendly relations that
often allowed smoothing out conflicts situations that arise between
the young members of both communities.
"Our challenge and goal is to avoid those sins and conflicts that have
been in the past few years. If not our diasporas and their leaders,
they could not develop in a better way," said Sadikov, hoping that
"one day we'll again visit each other's homes, treat barbecue, drink
wine and dance".
The main organization of the Azerbaijani Diaspora in Russia is the
All-Russia Azerbaijani Congress (WAC), but not "AzerRos". At that,
the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict is linked "only" with the occupation
of 20% of Azerbaijani territory by Armenia and the expulsion of 1
million Azerbaijanis, Kurds, Russian, and other nations from their
homes by the Armenian armed forces.
Armenia's all claims over Nagorno Garabagh is based only on one
historical fact that Mesrop Mashtots developed the Armenian alphabet,
being in a monastery of Albanian Orthodox Church on the territory
of current Fizuli region (lowland Garabagh) of the Republic of
Azerbaijan. It would be like if Russia would make territorial claims
against the Czech Republic and Slovakia on the basis that the Saints
Cyril and Methodius used Moravian language and alphabet for creation
of Russian reading and writing.