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Mediamax news agency, Armenia
Jan 15 2013
Azerbaijan's "anti-Armenian" policy security threat - president
[Translated from Armenian]
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan has said at a conference at the
Defence Ministry attended by top officials from the legislative,
executive, and judicial powers that Azerbaijani leadership's
anti-Armenian discourse was the main threat to Armenia's security, the
Mediamax news agency reported on 16 January.
"The undisguised anti-Armenian, racist, fascist and bellicose policy
of the Azerbaijani leadership still remains the main threat to our
security," the news agency quoted Armenian leader as saying. "As a
result, the Azerbaijani people will not be ready for peaceful
co-existence for a long time to come, even if we manage to reach an
agreement on the settlement of the problem," he was quoted as adding.
Sargsyan also said that the international community could and should
recognize the independence of the self-proclaimed Nagornyy Karabakh
republic. "The Nagornyy Karabakh republic should be recognized by the
international community, as there is no logical explanation why the
people that implemented their legal right to self-determination and
defended themselves in an unequal war should be part of Azerbaijan,"
he said.
The Armenian president also lashed out at Turkey's policies of "zero
problem with neighbours", which he assessed as a failure, Mediamax
said in an earlier report. "The policy of zero problems with
neighbours has yielded zero result. The reason is that Turkey strives
to solve the problems with the neighbouring countries at the expense
of the very neighbours," Sargsyan was quoted as saying. He also went
on saying that Turkey's development could have a "dramatic cessation"
unless the Turkish authorities reconsidered their attitude to their
state and the history of its people. Turkey repeats the mistakes of
its history", the Armenian president added.
Speaking on the Armenian genocide in Armenia-Turkey relations,
Sargsyan said that "without sincere repentance and without removing
consequences of the genocide, Armenia's existence in the region will
still be threatened".
Jan 15 2013
Azerbaijan's "anti-Armenian" policy security threat - president
[Translated from Armenian]
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan has said at a conference at the
Defence Ministry attended by top officials from the legislative,
executive, and judicial powers that Azerbaijani leadership's
anti-Armenian discourse was the main threat to Armenia's security, the
Mediamax news agency reported on 16 January.
"The undisguised anti-Armenian, racist, fascist and bellicose policy
of the Azerbaijani leadership still remains the main threat to our
security," the news agency quoted Armenian leader as saying. "As a
result, the Azerbaijani people will not be ready for peaceful
co-existence for a long time to come, even if we manage to reach an
agreement on the settlement of the problem," he was quoted as adding.
Sargsyan also said that the international community could and should
recognize the independence of the self-proclaimed Nagornyy Karabakh
republic. "The Nagornyy Karabakh republic should be recognized by the
international community, as there is no logical explanation why the
people that implemented their legal right to self-determination and
defended themselves in an unequal war should be part of Azerbaijan,"
he said.
The Armenian president also lashed out at Turkey's policies of "zero
problem with neighbours", which he assessed as a failure, Mediamax
said in an earlier report. "The policy of zero problems with
neighbours has yielded zero result. The reason is that Turkey strives
to solve the problems with the neighbouring countries at the expense
of the very neighbours," Sargsyan was quoted as saying. He also went
on saying that Turkey's development could have a "dramatic cessation"
unless the Turkish authorities reconsidered their attitude to their
state and the history of its people. Turkey repeats the mistakes of
its history", the Armenian president added.
Speaking on the Armenian genocide in Armenia-Turkey relations,
Sargsyan said that "without sincere repentance and without removing
consequences of the genocide, Armenia's existence in the region will
still be threatened".