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The regular disinformation campaign of Azerbaijan
http://karabakh-open.info/en/politicsen/4890-en1041
Wednesday, 19 June 2013 15:58
Press secretary of the NKR General Prosecutor's Office Kim Gabrielyan
touched upon the information recently placed on the Azerbaijani
1NEWS.AZ website which alleges that `the employees of the Ministry of
National Security of Azerbaijan revealed 12 people who through the
Republic of Iran transported to Azerbaijan narcotic drugs grown in
Karabakh' and said that the news item did not note who these people
were and what nationality they represented as well as how much drugs
they had detected and how the detected drugs had passed from the NKR
to the IRI, later to Azerbaijan.
According to him this indicates that the information is aimed at
political speculation, especially considering the fact that it was
presented through the `AzerTAJ' news agency on behalf of the chairman
of the Azerbaijani youth organization of integration with Europe.
Reminding about the fact collecting mission realized in the NKR
frontier regions by the OSCE in 2005 and in 2010 the press secretary
stated that the mediators did not hint at the existence of any
uncontrolled areas there or at the cultivation and export of drug
containing plants from the NKR frontier zones. `One should not forget
also the fact that such world famous international organizations as
the Red Cross and `THE HALLO TRUST' mine clearing organization have
been carrying humanitarian activities in Artsakh for quite a long
time. If during the past years they had even once noticed drug
plantations here, they would have surely given an alarm about it. And
finally, quite recently the US ambassador in Azerbaijan in answer to
one of the news agency's question in this connection said that he had
no information about the growth and export of narcotic drugs from
Nagorno Karabakh. Thus, the announcement of chairman of the
Azerbaijani youth organization of integration with Europe Gyulsel
Safarova about Nagorno Karabakh as an area spreading terrorism and
drugs is at least groundless and senseless,' said Kim Gabrielyan and
pointed out on the opinions of the international observers who after
their visit to the NKR claimed that the criminality rate in Artsakh is
lower even in comparison with a number of European countries. `By the
data of 2012 which reflect back the main indices of the previous years
the average crime rate in the NKR formed 27.2 crimes per 10.000
inhabitants. No cases of terrorism were recorded during at least the
past 13 years,' the press secretary emphasized.
`There is no illegal circulation of heavy drugs /heroin, cocaine,
hashish/ in Artsakh, yet, however few they are, we still have cases of
growing drug containing poppy and hemp plants. From 2008 to 2012 the
rate of crimes connected with growing, realizing and using drug
containing plants in the NKR varied between 39 to 44 cases. This means
that not only the drug circulation is at quite a low rate here but it
is also consistently controlled by the law enforcement bodies,' the
press secretary assured and reminded about the data of the Azerbaijani
`Harm reduction networks' according to which the number of injecting
drug users in Azerbaijan exceeds 90.000. `If we add the marijuana
smokers who several times exceed in number those in Karabakh it will
become clear how disastrous the drug addiction situation in Azerbaijan
is', he said and pointed out on the international narcotics control
strategy report 2010 of the US state department according to which
Azerbaijan is considered to transport narcotic drugs from Afghanistan,
Central Asia and Iran to Russia and Europe. The same report notes that
the number of drug addicts has increased in the country and heroin has
got an active circulation there.
http://karabakh-open.info/en/politicsen/4890-en1041
Wednesday, 19 June 2013 15:58
Press secretary of the NKR General Prosecutor's Office Kim Gabrielyan
touched upon the information recently placed on the Azerbaijani
1NEWS.AZ website which alleges that `the employees of the Ministry of
National Security of Azerbaijan revealed 12 people who through the
Republic of Iran transported to Azerbaijan narcotic drugs grown in
Karabakh' and said that the news item did not note who these people
were and what nationality they represented as well as how much drugs
they had detected and how the detected drugs had passed from the NKR
to the IRI, later to Azerbaijan.
According to him this indicates that the information is aimed at
political speculation, especially considering the fact that it was
presented through the `AzerTAJ' news agency on behalf of the chairman
of the Azerbaijani youth organization of integration with Europe.
Reminding about the fact collecting mission realized in the NKR
frontier regions by the OSCE in 2005 and in 2010 the press secretary
stated that the mediators did not hint at the existence of any
uncontrolled areas there or at the cultivation and export of drug
containing plants from the NKR frontier zones. `One should not forget
also the fact that such world famous international organizations as
the Red Cross and `THE HALLO TRUST' mine clearing organization have
been carrying humanitarian activities in Artsakh for quite a long
time. If during the past years they had even once noticed drug
plantations here, they would have surely given an alarm about it. And
finally, quite recently the US ambassador in Azerbaijan in answer to
one of the news agency's question in this connection said that he had
no information about the growth and export of narcotic drugs from
Nagorno Karabakh. Thus, the announcement of chairman of the
Azerbaijani youth organization of integration with Europe Gyulsel
Safarova about Nagorno Karabakh as an area spreading terrorism and
drugs is at least groundless and senseless,' said Kim Gabrielyan and
pointed out on the opinions of the international observers who after
their visit to the NKR claimed that the criminality rate in Artsakh is
lower even in comparison with a number of European countries. `By the
data of 2012 which reflect back the main indices of the previous years
the average crime rate in the NKR formed 27.2 crimes per 10.000
inhabitants. No cases of terrorism were recorded during at least the
past 13 years,' the press secretary emphasized.
`There is no illegal circulation of heavy drugs /heroin, cocaine,
hashish/ in Artsakh, yet, however few they are, we still have cases of
growing drug containing poppy and hemp plants. From 2008 to 2012 the
rate of crimes connected with growing, realizing and using drug
containing plants in the NKR varied between 39 to 44 cases. This means
that not only the drug circulation is at quite a low rate here but it
is also consistently controlled by the law enforcement bodies,' the
press secretary assured and reminded about the data of the Azerbaijani
`Harm reduction networks' according to which the number of injecting
drug users in Azerbaijan exceeds 90.000. `If we add the marijuana
smokers who several times exceed in number those in Karabakh it will
become clear how disastrous the drug addiction situation in Azerbaijan
is', he said and pointed out on the international narcotics control
strategy report 2010 of the US state department according to which
Azerbaijan is considered to transport narcotic drugs from Afghanistan,
Central Asia and Iran to Russia and Europe. The same report notes that
the number of drug addicts has increased in the country and heroin has
got an active circulation there.