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GAGIK HARUTYUNYAN: NEW FORM OF GENOCIDE THROUGH SELF-ANNIHILATION HAS BEEN LAUNCHED IN IRAQ AND SYRIA
Interview of director of scientific and educational fund "Noravanq"
Gagik Harutyunyan with Arminfo news agency
by David Stepanyan
Tuesday, June 4, 19:28
Judging from recent disagreements in UN Security Council and from
reaction of Iran and Israel, Syrian conflict has been gradually
developing towards a new field. What impulses we have to wait for
around the events in Syria in the near future?
If we compare the situation in Syria and Iraq, we may come to the
conclusion according to which a new form of genocide on the basis of
self-annihilation has been launched in this region.
That is developing stably, day by day, against the background of
degradation of statehood. And in this context, it is very much
important to find a customer, thanks to which the machinery was
launched. This is a new form of genocide which finds no room in
the rules and ideas. Today it is very much difficult to name one
customer-country. Everything is closely connected with each other,
and several countries, such as, Qatar and Saudi Arabia, as well as
transnational companies play a great part in similar issues. As for
me, I like Germany's stance, which unlike France, voted against the
anti-Syrian resolution and occupied a rather abstained stance in the
Syrian conflict.
There is information that Turkey is trying to resolve the "Armenian
issue" in Syria, via ruining of Armenian churches and forcing Armenians
leave Syria, which gave them shelter after the genocide...
The successors of the victims of the Genocide of Armenians in Ottoman
Turkey are now feeling the same in Syria again due to Turkey. Turkey
actively uses Syrian rebels to oust Armenians from Syria by burning
their shops and houses. Six Armenian churches have already been
burnt, and only one Armenian Church has remained there. Armenians are
reluctant to escape to find refuge. A secret subdivision of Turkish
commandos together with Syrian fighters resorts to violence against
the Armenian community. In such a way in Syria, Turkey tries to settle
also another painful problem for it i.e. the Armenian Cause.
Our compatriots bear the west-Armenian cultural and civilization code.
The communities in the Middle East greatly contributed to preservation
of Armenians, the Armenian civilization and culture in the countries
of the Eastern and even Western Europe, and America. Now when
representatives of the Armenian communities in Syria and Middle East
began actively migrating to Europe, North and South America, we are
losing our very important national segment. Suffice it is say that
the situation in Syria implies that not only Armenians and Christians
generally, but also the Syrian alawis will have no place in the new
Syria in case of a negative scenario.
What is the difference between the situation in Syria and the "Arab
revolutions"?
There is a typical war in Syria and not just fight of the opposition
or local rebels. He said that the number of Syrian citizens in
the groupings fighting against the government troops does not
exceed 15%-20%, according to experts. All the remaining fighters
are mercenaries from Libya, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and other regimes
of the Middle East as well as citizens of some western countries
and post-Soviet states, for instance, Azerbaijan. NATO Special
Services help those forces via Turkey, first of all. In other words,
it is Turkey that actively fights against Syria and it was Turkish
professional soldiers that were killed or captured in Syria by the
Government troops
The machinery, with a help of which Iraq residents were killing another
residents of Iraq, and Arabs another Arabs was launched just in Iraq,
and more than half a million people left the country.
Neither UN not other international human rights protection
organizations dispute on this. There is practically no Armenian in the
Arab sector of Iraq after the American operations in this country,
some of them found shelter in the Iraqi Kurdistan. The governmental
troops in Syria thanks to the Iraqi, Russian and indirect Chinese
support have succeeded in the fight against rebels supported by the
Western secret services. However, even this success will not prevent
Syria's degradation like a state, as the life in this country was
broken and about 1,2 mln people left it, and the number of victims
are more than 80 thsd people. As for economy, it practically does
not develop in this country.
Who is the customer?
Today it is very much difficult to name one customer-country.
Everything is closely connected with each other, and several countries,
such as, Qatar and Saudi Arabia, as well as transnational companies
play a great part in similar issues. As for me, I like Germany's
stance, which unlike France, voted against the anti-Syrian resolution
and occupied a rather abstained stance in the Syrian conflict. The
Americans themselves are very much concerned about the growing affect
of Al-Quida in Syria. The processes in Syria differ from those in
Libya, Tunis, Egypt and even Iraq, in which external forces did not
take part in the organized way. Whereas, Iran, Russia and China have
in fact come forward to support Assad and are for peaceful settlement
of the Syrian conflict. And in this case, which is developing near
Armenia's borders, Turkey takes an active part, as well as Azerbaijan,
the military bands of which have been fighting against the governmental
troops in Syria.
How will extra activeness of Turkey and Azerbaijan in Syria affect
the relations of Ankara and Baku with Moscow?
The obvious participation of Turkey and especially Azerbaijan in the
Syrian conflict does not at all promote development of their relations
with Moscow. Today Turkey and its close ally Azerbaijan have felt
themselves very much independent players and even let themselves to
ask Russians leave Gabala. As a response, Moscow stopped exploiting
Baku-Novorosiysk oil pipeline and limited military equipment delivery
to Azerbaijan. All this is evidence of the fact that the relations
between Baku and Moscow have a tendency of worsening. These relations
are not those that used to be two years ago. Of course, good words are
voiced over the visits to Moscow but they can hardly make correction
in the realpolitik between Moscow and Baku.
All this cannot but put Armenia on the alert, as Turkey feeling
itself a superpower of the regional level in case of success at
the Syrian-Iranian front, may make any even inadequate steps. The
Turks are not the obedient members of NATO which they used to be
during the years of the "cold war". And today having a strong army
they can allows themselves the independent steps too. For its part,
Azerbaijan under the protection of such a boss feels itself rather
free, and the rhetoric of the official Baku is evidence of that.
How may it affect the Karabakh settlement taking into consideration
the fact that Russia still remains the key mediator of the Karabakh
conflict?
I advise to look for the answer only in the statements made by the
Russian officials, for instance, the statement made by CSTO secretary
general Nikolay Bordyzha. At the same time, I especially remembered
the statement made by president Dmitriy Medvedev long ago, who advised
"not to act in the way, which will force Russia again settle all the
problems for 5 days". In this context, I think the allied relations
with Russia and the CSTO membership are an extra guarantee for Armenia,
that any external aggression will have a rebuff. It is good that Baku
also seems to understand that.
On 20 May press-service of Azerbaijani parliament disproved the
information disseminated by several pro-government mass media about the
draft law "On the occupied territories of Azerbaijan", which foresees
criminal punishment for NGOs and separate citizens of Azerbaijan for
cooperation with Armenia. What is the reason of such information?
On the basis of the information in mass media similar to that about
an inadequate draft law, I have got an impression that Azerbaijan was
in feverish in the local political context. I have to confess that
the situation is rather unstable at the local front in Azerbaijan. I
mean the problems of the national minorities and the religious trends:
vahabits, sunits, and shiits which have been actively functioning in
Azerbaijan. That is to say, a true religious confrontation has been
developing there. Moreover, Ilham Aliyev oversteps all the possible
and impossible lines. He has been ruling the country on the basis of
rather ambiguous alterations to the Constitution, All this is evidence
of the fact that the great funds spent by Azerbaijan for the army, are
not at all panacea for all local woes. Ilham Aliyev needs overstepping
the unacceptable lines more and more, the expert said.
And an offer "to make criminally responsible the Azerbaijani citizens
which cooperate with any public organization or structure of Armenia
before liberation of the lands from occupation" is one of such cases of
overstepping. And the fact that the given draft law was not submitted
for discussion in Azerbaijani parliament, may be explained only by
the fact that somebody very smart advised not to do that. For this
reason, the authorities refused the repressions announced in advance.
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Interview of director of scientific and educational fund "Noravanq"
Gagik Harutyunyan with Arminfo news agency
by David Stepanyan
Tuesday, June 4, 19:28
Judging from recent disagreements in UN Security Council and from
reaction of Iran and Israel, Syrian conflict has been gradually
developing towards a new field. What impulses we have to wait for
around the events in Syria in the near future?
If we compare the situation in Syria and Iraq, we may come to the
conclusion according to which a new form of genocide on the basis of
self-annihilation has been launched in this region.
That is developing stably, day by day, against the background of
degradation of statehood. And in this context, it is very much
important to find a customer, thanks to which the machinery was
launched. This is a new form of genocide which finds no room in
the rules and ideas. Today it is very much difficult to name one
customer-country. Everything is closely connected with each other,
and several countries, such as, Qatar and Saudi Arabia, as well as
transnational companies play a great part in similar issues. As for
me, I like Germany's stance, which unlike France, voted against the
anti-Syrian resolution and occupied a rather abstained stance in the
Syrian conflict.
There is information that Turkey is trying to resolve the "Armenian
issue" in Syria, via ruining of Armenian churches and forcing Armenians
leave Syria, which gave them shelter after the genocide...
The successors of the victims of the Genocide of Armenians in Ottoman
Turkey are now feeling the same in Syria again due to Turkey. Turkey
actively uses Syrian rebels to oust Armenians from Syria by burning
their shops and houses. Six Armenian churches have already been
burnt, and only one Armenian Church has remained there. Armenians are
reluctant to escape to find refuge. A secret subdivision of Turkish
commandos together with Syrian fighters resorts to violence against
the Armenian community. In such a way in Syria, Turkey tries to settle
also another painful problem for it i.e. the Armenian Cause.
Our compatriots bear the west-Armenian cultural and civilization code.
The communities in the Middle East greatly contributed to preservation
of Armenians, the Armenian civilization and culture in the countries
of the Eastern and even Western Europe, and America. Now when
representatives of the Armenian communities in Syria and Middle East
began actively migrating to Europe, North and South America, we are
losing our very important national segment. Suffice it is say that
the situation in Syria implies that not only Armenians and Christians
generally, but also the Syrian alawis will have no place in the new
Syria in case of a negative scenario.
What is the difference between the situation in Syria and the "Arab
revolutions"?
There is a typical war in Syria and not just fight of the opposition
or local rebels. He said that the number of Syrian citizens in
the groupings fighting against the government troops does not
exceed 15%-20%, according to experts. All the remaining fighters
are mercenaries from Libya, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and other regimes
of the Middle East as well as citizens of some western countries
and post-Soviet states, for instance, Azerbaijan. NATO Special
Services help those forces via Turkey, first of all. In other words,
it is Turkey that actively fights against Syria and it was Turkish
professional soldiers that were killed or captured in Syria by the
Government troops
The machinery, with a help of which Iraq residents were killing another
residents of Iraq, and Arabs another Arabs was launched just in Iraq,
and more than half a million people left the country.
Neither UN not other international human rights protection
organizations dispute on this. There is practically no Armenian in the
Arab sector of Iraq after the American operations in this country,
some of them found shelter in the Iraqi Kurdistan. The governmental
troops in Syria thanks to the Iraqi, Russian and indirect Chinese
support have succeeded in the fight against rebels supported by the
Western secret services. However, even this success will not prevent
Syria's degradation like a state, as the life in this country was
broken and about 1,2 mln people left it, and the number of victims
are more than 80 thsd people. As for economy, it practically does
not develop in this country.
Who is the customer?
Today it is very much difficult to name one customer-country.
Everything is closely connected with each other, and several countries,
such as, Qatar and Saudi Arabia, as well as transnational companies
play a great part in similar issues. As for me, I like Germany's
stance, which unlike France, voted against the anti-Syrian resolution
and occupied a rather abstained stance in the Syrian conflict. The
Americans themselves are very much concerned about the growing affect
of Al-Quida in Syria. The processes in Syria differ from those in
Libya, Tunis, Egypt and even Iraq, in which external forces did not
take part in the organized way. Whereas, Iran, Russia and China have
in fact come forward to support Assad and are for peaceful settlement
of the Syrian conflict. And in this case, which is developing near
Armenia's borders, Turkey takes an active part, as well as Azerbaijan,
the military bands of which have been fighting against the governmental
troops in Syria.
How will extra activeness of Turkey and Azerbaijan in Syria affect
the relations of Ankara and Baku with Moscow?
The obvious participation of Turkey and especially Azerbaijan in the
Syrian conflict does not at all promote development of their relations
with Moscow. Today Turkey and its close ally Azerbaijan have felt
themselves very much independent players and even let themselves to
ask Russians leave Gabala. As a response, Moscow stopped exploiting
Baku-Novorosiysk oil pipeline and limited military equipment delivery
to Azerbaijan. All this is evidence of the fact that the relations
between Baku and Moscow have a tendency of worsening. These relations
are not those that used to be two years ago. Of course, good words are
voiced over the visits to Moscow but they can hardly make correction
in the realpolitik between Moscow and Baku.
All this cannot but put Armenia on the alert, as Turkey feeling
itself a superpower of the regional level in case of success at
the Syrian-Iranian front, may make any even inadequate steps. The
Turks are not the obedient members of NATO which they used to be
during the years of the "cold war". And today having a strong army
they can allows themselves the independent steps too. For its part,
Azerbaijan under the protection of such a boss feels itself rather
free, and the rhetoric of the official Baku is evidence of that.
How may it affect the Karabakh settlement taking into consideration
the fact that Russia still remains the key mediator of the Karabakh
conflict?
I advise to look for the answer only in the statements made by the
Russian officials, for instance, the statement made by CSTO secretary
general Nikolay Bordyzha. At the same time, I especially remembered
the statement made by president Dmitriy Medvedev long ago, who advised
"not to act in the way, which will force Russia again settle all the
problems for 5 days". In this context, I think the allied relations
with Russia and the CSTO membership are an extra guarantee for Armenia,
that any external aggression will have a rebuff. It is good that Baku
also seems to understand that.
On 20 May press-service of Azerbaijani parliament disproved the
information disseminated by several pro-government mass media about the
draft law "On the occupied territories of Azerbaijan", which foresees
criminal punishment for NGOs and separate citizens of Azerbaijan for
cooperation with Armenia. What is the reason of such information?
On the basis of the information in mass media similar to that about
an inadequate draft law, I have got an impression that Azerbaijan was
in feverish in the local political context. I have to confess that
the situation is rather unstable at the local front in Azerbaijan. I
mean the problems of the national minorities and the religious trends:
vahabits, sunits, and shiits which have been actively functioning in
Azerbaijan. That is to say, a true religious confrontation has been
developing there. Moreover, Ilham Aliyev oversteps all the possible
and impossible lines. He has been ruling the country on the basis of
rather ambiguous alterations to the Constitution, All this is evidence
of the fact that the great funds spent by Azerbaijan for the army, are
not at all panacea for all local woes. Ilham Aliyev needs overstepping
the unacceptable lines more and more, the expert said.
And an offer "to make criminally responsible the Azerbaijani citizens
which cooperate with any public organization or structure of Armenia
before liberation of the lands from occupation" is one of such cases of
overstepping. And the fact that the given draft law was not submitted
for discussion in Azerbaijani parliament, may be explained only by
the fact that somebody very smart advised not to do that. For this
reason, the authorities refused the repressions announced in advance.
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