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SHAVARSH KOCHARYAN: TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY OF AZERBAIJAN HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH NAGORNO-KARABAKH
26-07-2013 15:36:02 | Armenia | Politics
How would you comment the statement of the president of Azerbaijan
after the army parade that Armenia is frightened because of the parade
and the military expenditure of Azerbaijan?
This nervous proclamation which is triggered by a wish to present
the unrealistic dreams as a reality is just another failed attempt
by Azerbaijani administration to hide its own fear and panic over
the inescapable perspective to lose the hereditary power as a result
of growing discontent in the country. Continuous publications about
the exaggerated military expenses and glorification of the military
parade on a daily basis organized on the threshold of the presidential
elections first of all are intended to distract domestic public
attention from the huge wealth of the ruling family of Azerbaijan
which has been obtained by the unsparing plundering of the state
and population.
How can you assess the statements of official Baku that Karabakh and
Armenia are located on Azerbaijani territories and that Armenians
are newcomers in our region?
The fact that it is less than one hundred years that a country named
Azerbaijan appeared on the world map, cannot justify the funny attempts
of Azerbaijan to deny references of many world renowned historians
like Strabo, Plutarch and many others. On the other side the official
historiography of Turkey accepts that Turks have come to our region
from Central Asia. The leadership of Azerbaijan which classifies its
relations with Turkey with a coined term "one nation, two states",
in fact admits that the nation which got the name "Azerbaijani"
only in 1930's is a newcomer nation in this region.
There is nothing insulting in this and one shouldn't be ashamed of it.
But it is shameful to cut own people from their roots and falsify
the history.
Such ridiculous statements of official Baku only prove that both
foreign and internal policy of Azerbaijan is totally based on lie and
falsification. Azerbaijani propaganda tries to ascribe to Armenians
even the massacres organized by themselves in Khojalu. It seems to
Baku that the Azerbaijani leadership can avoid the responsibility for
the cruel mass killings of Armenians in Sumgait, Baku, Kirovabad and
other places in Azerbaijan, just with the use of falsified propaganda
on Khojalu tragedy.
The president of Azerbaijan declares that Armenians are their number
one enemy. In fact, the truth is, the main enemy of Azerbaijani
leadership. For the hereditary regime which has stuck in the lie, the
words "Armenian" and "the truth" have become synonyms. That is why
any criticism by international organizations and individuals about
the flourishing corruption and pervasive violations of basic human
rights are considered as a result of the activities of Armenians and
pro-Armenian groups.
You mentioned Turkey which supports the position of Azerbaijan in
Karabakh issue and denies Armenian Genocide. How do you assess the
possibility of normalization of Armenian-Turkish relations from
this perspective?
Turkey is not consistent in its foreign policy. In defiance of the
letter and the spirit of the Armenian-Turkish protocols signed in
Zurich, Ankara supports the unrealistic intentions of Azerbaijan
and contributing to the rigid/intransigent position of Baku, creates
obstacles for both the progress of the Nagorno-Karabakh negotiation
process and normalization of Armenian-Turkish relations. In contrast,
Armenia is consistent in all directions of its foreign policy. We have
been and are supporters of unconditional normalization of relations
with Turkey. So the ball is on Turkish side.
Recently meetings with the Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group have
become more frequent and after every meeting Azerbaijan declares that
the conflict must be resolved in the framework of territorial integrity
of Azerbaijan. In what extent do those announcements correspond to
the negotiation process?
First of all, the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan has nothing to do
with Nagorno-Karabakh Republic. As regards the negotiations with the
mediation of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-chair countries Azerbaijan has
accepted Madrid document as a basis for negotiations. The principles
and elements of Madrid document which were made public by the heads
of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chair countries should be considered
as an integrated whole and no elements should be selected over the
others. This was reaffirmed in the Joint statement by the Presidents
of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chair Countries on June 18, 2013.
Azerbaijan, in contradiction with the UN charter, the principles
and elements of Madrid document and the negotiation process, tries
to attach prevalence to the principle of territorial integrity and
throw to oblivion the principle that it has accepted, according to
which the final legal status of Nagorno-Karabakh should be determined
through a legally binding expression of will.
The attempts of Azerbaijan to present the negotiation process in
distorted and selective way, to present falsely the essence of the
issue and the reasons of the conflict, to diminish the efforts of
the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs and to obstruct the progress of the
negotiation process, are useless. Despite the desperate attempts of
Azerbaijan the conflict will be regulated in the framework of the right
of self-determination of the people of Artsakh and in the framework of
the responsibility for the consequences of the Azerbaijani aggression
against self-determined Artsakh.
- Politics News from Armenia and Diaspora - Noyan Tapan - See more at:
http://www.nt.am/en/news/184454/#sthash.5xssZoQZ.dpuf
From: Baghdasarian
26-07-2013 15:36:02 | Armenia | Politics
How would you comment the statement of the president of Azerbaijan
after the army parade that Armenia is frightened because of the parade
and the military expenditure of Azerbaijan?
This nervous proclamation which is triggered by a wish to present
the unrealistic dreams as a reality is just another failed attempt
by Azerbaijani administration to hide its own fear and panic over
the inescapable perspective to lose the hereditary power as a result
of growing discontent in the country. Continuous publications about
the exaggerated military expenses and glorification of the military
parade on a daily basis organized on the threshold of the presidential
elections first of all are intended to distract domestic public
attention from the huge wealth of the ruling family of Azerbaijan
which has been obtained by the unsparing plundering of the state
and population.
How can you assess the statements of official Baku that Karabakh and
Armenia are located on Azerbaijani territories and that Armenians
are newcomers in our region?
The fact that it is less than one hundred years that a country named
Azerbaijan appeared on the world map, cannot justify the funny attempts
of Azerbaijan to deny references of many world renowned historians
like Strabo, Plutarch and many others. On the other side the official
historiography of Turkey accepts that Turks have come to our region
from Central Asia. The leadership of Azerbaijan which classifies its
relations with Turkey with a coined term "one nation, two states",
in fact admits that the nation which got the name "Azerbaijani"
only in 1930's is a newcomer nation in this region.
There is nothing insulting in this and one shouldn't be ashamed of it.
But it is shameful to cut own people from their roots and falsify
the history.
Such ridiculous statements of official Baku only prove that both
foreign and internal policy of Azerbaijan is totally based on lie and
falsification. Azerbaijani propaganda tries to ascribe to Armenians
even the massacres organized by themselves in Khojalu. It seems to
Baku that the Azerbaijani leadership can avoid the responsibility for
the cruel mass killings of Armenians in Sumgait, Baku, Kirovabad and
other places in Azerbaijan, just with the use of falsified propaganda
on Khojalu tragedy.
The president of Azerbaijan declares that Armenians are their number
one enemy. In fact, the truth is, the main enemy of Azerbaijani
leadership. For the hereditary regime which has stuck in the lie, the
words "Armenian" and "the truth" have become synonyms. That is why
any criticism by international organizations and individuals about
the flourishing corruption and pervasive violations of basic human
rights are considered as a result of the activities of Armenians and
pro-Armenian groups.
You mentioned Turkey which supports the position of Azerbaijan in
Karabakh issue and denies Armenian Genocide. How do you assess the
possibility of normalization of Armenian-Turkish relations from
this perspective?
Turkey is not consistent in its foreign policy. In defiance of the
letter and the spirit of the Armenian-Turkish protocols signed in
Zurich, Ankara supports the unrealistic intentions of Azerbaijan
and contributing to the rigid/intransigent position of Baku, creates
obstacles for both the progress of the Nagorno-Karabakh negotiation
process and normalization of Armenian-Turkish relations. In contrast,
Armenia is consistent in all directions of its foreign policy. We have
been and are supporters of unconditional normalization of relations
with Turkey. So the ball is on Turkish side.
Recently meetings with the Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group have
become more frequent and after every meeting Azerbaijan declares that
the conflict must be resolved in the framework of territorial integrity
of Azerbaijan. In what extent do those announcements correspond to
the negotiation process?
First of all, the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan has nothing to do
with Nagorno-Karabakh Republic. As regards the negotiations with the
mediation of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-chair countries Azerbaijan has
accepted Madrid document as a basis for negotiations. The principles
and elements of Madrid document which were made public by the heads
of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chair countries should be considered
as an integrated whole and no elements should be selected over the
others. This was reaffirmed in the Joint statement by the Presidents
of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chair Countries on June 18, 2013.
Azerbaijan, in contradiction with the UN charter, the principles
and elements of Madrid document and the negotiation process, tries
to attach prevalence to the principle of territorial integrity and
throw to oblivion the principle that it has accepted, according to
which the final legal status of Nagorno-Karabakh should be determined
through a legally binding expression of will.
The attempts of Azerbaijan to present the negotiation process in
distorted and selective way, to present falsely the essence of the
issue and the reasons of the conflict, to diminish the efforts of
the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs and to obstruct the progress of the
negotiation process, are useless. Despite the desperate attempts of
Azerbaijan the conflict will be regulated in the framework of the right
of self-determination of the people of Artsakh and in the framework of
the responsibility for the consequences of the Azerbaijani aggression
against self-determined Artsakh.
- Politics News from Armenia and Diaspora - Noyan Tapan - See more at:
http://www.nt.am/en/news/184454/#sthash.5xssZoQZ.dpuf
From: Baghdasarian