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STATE OF INCOMPATIBILITY CONFIRMED BY THE AZERBAIJANI-HUNGARIAN DEAL
http://artsakhtert.com/eng/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=793:s tate-of-incompatibility-confirmed-by-the-azerbaijani-hungarian-deal&catid=3:all&Itemid=4
Wednesday, 26 September 2012 14:42
The extradition to Azerbaijan and subsequent pardon of Ramil Safarov,
who killed an Armenian officer in Budapest, continue causing protest
and strong condemnation by many states, international organizations,
politicians and human rights activists. The dirty deal between Budapest
and Baku, as a result of which the criminal, who was sentenced to
life imprisonment, was released, made revise the European values
â~@~Kâ~@~Kand international law in general. In this context, it becomes
quite natural to revise also the attitude towards the process of the
Azerbaijani-Karabakh conflict settlement.
One can safely state that the decree of the Azerbaijani President on
pardoning the killer has created a completely new situation in the
settlement process, destabilizing it and introducing additional tension
in the extremely complicated negotiations. Moreover, an objective
question arises, whether it is expedient to continue the negotiations,
as the actions of official Baku, which can be called in no other way
than a cynical challenge to the civilized world, have crossed out even
the slightest prospects for a peaceful resolution of the conflict. In
fact, the behavior of Azerbaijan, which displayed an unconstructive
position throughout the settlement process, didn't either inspire
optimism on the achievement of a compromise solution in the earlier
period. Baku has never hidden its aggressive and expansionist plans,
though sometimes trying, under the cover of the pacifist rhetoric on
the commitment to the peaceful settlement of the conflict, to mislead,
as it thought, the international mediators.
However, this theatrical game is over, and Azerbaijan has torn off its
mask. We think the pardon and glorification of the Budapest killer
should finally open the eyes of the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairmen
who didn't want to believe both Armenian parties stating that it is
impossible to drive Azerbaijan and Nagorno-Karabakh under a common
roof.
Once, the Armenian leadership, referring to the facts of history,
including the latest one, stated the ethnic incompatibility of
the Armenian and Azerbaijani nations. Alas, it was subjected to
obstruction by not only a number of international organizations,
but also within the country. As we can see, life has proved the
validity of this statement. If Azerbaijan proclaims national heroes
the killers of peaceful Armenian citizens, as it happened in Sumgait
and Baku, and Safarov's Azerbaijani lawyer directly states at the
trial in Budapest that killing an Armenian is not a crime in their
country, how can we speak about peaceful coexistence? It is merely
senseless. The Azerbaijani authorities have crossed the edge of
civilization, committing a crime against morality and humanity, and the
international community must simply respond and take resolute actions.
Frankly speaking, certain part of the responsibility for the Budapest
precedent is on the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs. The crime was also
a consequence of the vicious parity attitude that the mediators,
guided by the misunderstood diplomatic ethics, demonstrated every
time when Azerbaijan blatantly violated the ceasefire and undertook
armed provocations. As you know, unpunished evil generates new ones,
and if in due time the provocations of Azerbaijan had got the proper
assessment and tough sanctions by international structures, perhaps,
the Azerbaijani-Hungarian deal wouldn't have taken place. However,
it is more important not to respond to a crime already committed,
but to prevent it and especially to avoid encouraging it. In this
situation, we can even talk about the criminal potential contained
in the Madrid Principles now lying on the negotiation table. For
it is evident that the forced subordination of Nagorno-Karabakh to
Azerbaijan, in whatever form it would take place, will inevitably
lead to the genocide of its Armenian population.
Azerbaijan has actually violated the negotiation process. Meanwhile,
within the recent Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Summit, Russian
Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary
Clinton have expressed their willingness to use all their efforts
to resume the negotiations. If Russia, the U.S. and France as
mediator-states still continue to believe in the possibility of an
agreement with Azerbaijan, so they should, first of all, make it
answerable and stop indulging it. As demonstrated by the Budapest
case, flirting with the aggressor only stimulates its militarism and
encourages for new crimes.
The recent actions of Azerbaijan have convincingly confirmed NKR's
right to the international recognition of its independence and the
incapability of Baku to make any compromises and to achieve a peaceful
solution to the conflict. The story with Safarov has proved once again
that the Azerbaijani leadership cannot be trusted. Hungary accused
Azerbaijan of just deceiving it, having promised that the killer
would continue his imprisonment in the homeland. So, there is no
guarantee that the official Baku, as it has happened repeatedly, will
not deceive the international mediators, violating its commitments on
the hypothetical peace agreement. In other words, the negotiations can
be considered completed, and the two Armenian parties have the full
moral right to stop them. And what, in fact, can be discussed with
Azerbaijan? The independent political status of Nagorno-Karabakh,
which it determined over twenty years ago and the consistency of
which it has successfully proved? Or the issue of territories, the
historical belonging of which to the Armenian people is challenged
only by Azerbaijan and Turkey? If anything is to be discussed, it
is only the format of future inter-state relations between the NKR
and Azerbaijan, which should be discussed at the direct negotiations
between Stepanakert and Baku.
http://artsakhtert.com/eng/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=793:s tate-of-incompatibility-confirmed-by-the-azerbaijani-hungarian-deal&catid=3:all&Itemid=4
Wednesday, 26 September 2012 14:42
The extradition to Azerbaijan and subsequent pardon of Ramil Safarov,
who killed an Armenian officer in Budapest, continue causing protest
and strong condemnation by many states, international organizations,
politicians and human rights activists. The dirty deal between Budapest
and Baku, as a result of which the criminal, who was sentenced to
life imprisonment, was released, made revise the European values
â~@~Kâ~@~Kand international law in general. In this context, it becomes
quite natural to revise also the attitude towards the process of the
Azerbaijani-Karabakh conflict settlement.
One can safely state that the decree of the Azerbaijani President on
pardoning the killer has created a completely new situation in the
settlement process, destabilizing it and introducing additional tension
in the extremely complicated negotiations. Moreover, an objective
question arises, whether it is expedient to continue the negotiations,
as the actions of official Baku, which can be called in no other way
than a cynical challenge to the civilized world, have crossed out even
the slightest prospects for a peaceful resolution of the conflict. In
fact, the behavior of Azerbaijan, which displayed an unconstructive
position throughout the settlement process, didn't either inspire
optimism on the achievement of a compromise solution in the earlier
period. Baku has never hidden its aggressive and expansionist plans,
though sometimes trying, under the cover of the pacifist rhetoric on
the commitment to the peaceful settlement of the conflict, to mislead,
as it thought, the international mediators.
However, this theatrical game is over, and Azerbaijan has torn off its
mask. We think the pardon and glorification of the Budapest killer
should finally open the eyes of the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairmen
who didn't want to believe both Armenian parties stating that it is
impossible to drive Azerbaijan and Nagorno-Karabakh under a common
roof.
Once, the Armenian leadership, referring to the facts of history,
including the latest one, stated the ethnic incompatibility of
the Armenian and Azerbaijani nations. Alas, it was subjected to
obstruction by not only a number of international organizations,
but also within the country. As we can see, life has proved the
validity of this statement. If Azerbaijan proclaims national heroes
the killers of peaceful Armenian citizens, as it happened in Sumgait
and Baku, and Safarov's Azerbaijani lawyer directly states at the
trial in Budapest that killing an Armenian is not a crime in their
country, how can we speak about peaceful coexistence? It is merely
senseless. The Azerbaijani authorities have crossed the edge of
civilization, committing a crime against morality and humanity, and the
international community must simply respond and take resolute actions.
Frankly speaking, certain part of the responsibility for the Budapest
precedent is on the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs. The crime was also
a consequence of the vicious parity attitude that the mediators,
guided by the misunderstood diplomatic ethics, demonstrated every
time when Azerbaijan blatantly violated the ceasefire and undertook
armed provocations. As you know, unpunished evil generates new ones,
and if in due time the provocations of Azerbaijan had got the proper
assessment and tough sanctions by international structures, perhaps,
the Azerbaijani-Hungarian deal wouldn't have taken place. However,
it is more important not to respond to a crime already committed,
but to prevent it and especially to avoid encouraging it. In this
situation, we can even talk about the criminal potential contained
in the Madrid Principles now lying on the negotiation table. For
it is evident that the forced subordination of Nagorno-Karabakh to
Azerbaijan, in whatever form it would take place, will inevitably
lead to the genocide of its Armenian population.
Azerbaijan has actually violated the negotiation process. Meanwhile,
within the recent Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Summit, Russian
Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary
Clinton have expressed their willingness to use all their efforts
to resume the negotiations. If Russia, the U.S. and France as
mediator-states still continue to believe in the possibility of an
agreement with Azerbaijan, so they should, first of all, make it
answerable and stop indulging it. As demonstrated by the Budapest
case, flirting with the aggressor only stimulates its militarism and
encourages for new crimes.
The recent actions of Azerbaijan have convincingly confirmed NKR's
right to the international recognition of its independence and the
incapability of Baku to make any compromises and to achieve a peaceful
solution to the conflict. The story with Safarov has proved once again
that the Azerbaijani leadership cannot be trusted. Hungary accused
Azerbaijan of just deceiving it, having promised that the killer
would continue his imprisonment in the homeland. So, there is no
guarantee that the official Baku, as it has happened repeatedly, will
not deceive the international mediators, violating its commitments on
the hypothetical peace agreement. In other words, the negotiations can
be considered completed, and the two Armenian parties have the full
moral right to stop them. And what, in fact, can be discussed with
Azerbaijan? The independent political status of Nagorno-Karabakh,
which it determined over twenty years ago and the consistency of
which it has successfully proved? Or the issue of territories, the
historical belonging of which to the Armenian people is challenged
only by Azerbaijan and Turkey? If anything is to be discussed, it
is only the format of future inter-state relations between the NKR
and Azerbaijan, which should be discussed at the direct negotiations
between Stepanakert and Baku.