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AZERBAIJAN "AUTHORITARIAN STATE" - ARMENIA PARLIAMENT DEPUTY SPEAKER
Interfax
Sept 24 2012
Russia
A senior Armenian lawmaker called Azerbaijan "an authoritarian state"
where a murderer will be treated as a hero in response to a speech
by the Azeri president on Saturday that demonized "the world Armenian
community" as Azerbaijan's "greatest enemy."
"The difference between Armenia and Azerbaijan is increasing, According
to assessments by influential international organizations, Armenia
is building peaceful democracy while Azerbaijan is an authoritarian
state where power is inherited by the son from his father," Eduard
Sharmazanov, deputy speaker of Armenia's parliament, said in Yerevan.
"We treat the Armenian chess team as our heroes, they treat a murderer
who has hacked a sleeping soldier to death with an axe as a hero,"
Sharmazanov said.
On August 31, Hungary repatriated Azeri army officer Ramil Safarov,
who had been sentenced to life imprisonment in Hungary for murdering
an Armenian officer. Azeri President Ilham Aliyev pardoned Safarov
the day the officer returned home.
In a speech at a conference of Azerbaijan's diplomatic service
on Saturday, Aliyev urged Azeri diplomats to counteract the world
"Armenian lobby."
"The Armenian lobby is our greatest enemy. Because the Armenian lobby,
the world Armenian community, has chosen Azerbaijan as its number one
target. We must constantly fight this," Aliyev said in his speech,
which was published by Azeri official media.
Aliyev complained about "articles that are full of false anti-Azeri
information." "Those circles want to stain the positive image of our
country. Therefore, our ambassadors, our embassy officials must be in
permanent contact with such printed media and explain their erroneous
policy to them," the president said.
Interfax
Sept 24 2012
Russia
A senior Armenian lawmaker called Azerbaijan "an authoritarian state"
where a murderer will be treated as a hero in response to a speech
by the Azeri president on Saturday that demonized "the world Armenian
community" as Azerbaijan's "greatest enemy."
"The difference between Armenia and Azerbaijan is increasing, According
to assessments by influential international organizations, Armenia
is building peaceful democracy while Azerbaijan is an authoritarian
state where power is inherited by the son from his father," Eduard
Sharmazanov, deputy speaker of Armenia's parliament, said in Yerevan.
"We treat the Armenian chess team as our heroes, they treat a murderer
who has hacked a sleeping soldier to death with an axe as a hero,"
Sharmazanov said.
On August 31, Hungary repatriated Azeri army officer Ramil Safarov,
who had been sentenced to life imprisonment in Hungary for murdering
an Armenian officer. Azeri President Ilham Aliyev pardoned Safarov
the day the officer returned home.
In a speech at a conference of Azerbaijan's diplomatic service
on Saturday, Aliyev urged Azeri diplomats to counteract the world
"Armenian lobby."
"The Armenian lobby is our greatest enemy. Because the Armenian lobby,
the world Armenian community, has chosen Azerbaijan as its number one
target. We must constantly fight this," Aliyev said in his speech,
which was published by Azeri official media.
Aliyev complained about "articles that are full of false anti-Azeri
information." "Those circles want to stain the positive image of our
country. Therefore, our ambassadors, our embassy officials must be in
permanent contact with such printed media and explain their erroneous
policy to them," the president said.