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THE TRUTH SHOULD HAVE ITS FISTS
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Monday, 25 March 2013 17:35
We'll not disclose a secret, noting that the conflict between
Azerbaijan on the one hand and Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh - on
the other hand, which has long and permanently moved to actually
all the spheres - political, economic, cultural, and humanitarian,
has also spilled into the international arena. It's not the
internationalization of the conflict that took place still in the
war period, when the corresponding international organizations
were involved in its settlement. It's the policy of Azerbaijan on
"exporting" the conflict to all the above mentioned spheres of the
public-political life, with far-reaching goals - to distort the essence
of the Azerbaijani-Karabakh conflict, to achieve the international
isolation of Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh through their discredit,
and to eventually resolve the conflict in its own interests. Armed
with the famous Machiavellian principle of "the goal justifies the
means", Azerbaijan does not shun anything and uses any international
platform for misinforming the international community.
If we follow the latest, I may say, diplomatic initiatives of
Azerbaijan, we can see that it has moved the focus of its efforts to
the parliaments of some countries. In order to avoid the responsibility
for the genocide of the Armenian population in Sumgait, Baku, Kirovabad
Mingechaur, Maragha and other settlements, Azerbaijan is increasingly
spinning the flywheel of the propaganda campaign on charging Armenians
of the commitment of its own crime - "khojalu".
Using the ignorance of politicians in some countries, as well as
resorting to outright bribery, the Baku regime has managed to push
through a number of parliaments the resolutions on the "khojalu
genocide", which it has inflated for many years. Thus, on March 18,
a similar resolution was adopted by the House of Representatives of
the U.S. state of Tennessee; it was previously done by the legislative
bodies of the states of Mississippi, Maine, Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma,
and New Mexico.
We'd also note that similar resolutions were adopted by the Parliaments
of Romania and the Czech Republic. The position of Bucharest can be,
actually, explained. Supporting Moldova in the international arena,
which has a problem with Transdniestria, Romania is committed to
solidarity with Azerbaijan on the issue of "territorial integrity",
even without going into the details of the anti-Armenian steps of
the latter. With regard to the Czech Republic, later its Foreign
Ministry actually disavowed the decision of the Commission on Foreign
Relations, Defense and Security of the Chamber of Deputies of the
Parliament. In its letter to the Forum of Armenian Associations of
Europe, the Foreign Ministry stated that it had not been informed
of the unacceptable and improper step, from the point of view of
international law, and correspondingly, the Commission's decision to
recognize the events in Khojalu as "genocide" could not be considered
the official position of the Czech Republic. Some of the Czech MPs
acknowledged that the resolution on the events in Khojalu had been
adopted in haste, without due consideration of the issue.
However...
I must say, the NKR is also successfully acting at the level of
parliaments of other countries, which may have also caused Azerbaijan
to launch a "game" in the same field. As we know, the corresponding
resolutions of the Parliaments of the U.S. states of Massachusetts
and Rhode Island, as well as the Legislative Council of the Australian
state of New South Wales recognized the right of Nagorno Karabakh to
self-determination and independence. On March 13, an event dedicated
to the 25th anniversary of the Karabakh Movement was held at the U.S.
Congress, with the participation of NKR Minister of Culture and Youth
Affairs Narine Aghabalyan. On March 14, the Lithuanian Parliament
officially announced the creation of the inter-parliamentary group of
friendship with the NKR; on March 19, in Paris, a group of political
figures, Members of Parliament and Senators of France announced the
creation of the Circle of Friendship with the NKR.
All this indicates that currently, a fight for votes is actually
going on as well, but first of all - for the "minds and conscience"
of parliamentarians of different countries, with the only difference
that in this struggle, we rely on the truth, while Azerbaijan relies
on lie. But, the paradox is that having such an impressive folder
of factual materials denouncing the criminal nature of Azerbaijan,
we haven't managed to fully present to the world the truth about the
conflict for over the last two decades, while Azerbaijan has managed
to impose its false interpretation of the Karabakh events on the
international community. I think the reason is that we, rightly
believing that the truth is on our side, were kindly inactive,
while it was necessary to consistently uphold the truth and make
it available to the international community. Paraphrasing a famous
proverb, we should note that the truth should have its fists.
Especially that Azerbaijan is afraid of this truth like of fire. This
explains its policy on the international isolation of the NKR, which
includes its creation of lies, its efforts on preventing the visits
of representatives of foreign countries to the NKR - political and
public figures, journalists, and artists who, God forbid, will see
the real picture of Nagorno-Karabakh. This leads to its aggressive
reaction to someone's steps on recognizing not only the right of the
NKR to self-determination, but even the very fact of its existence.
An eloquent detail: on her return from Washington, Narine Aghabalyan
informed that members of the Azerbaijani protest action against the
festive event, dedicated to the anniversary of the Artsakh Movement
and held at the U.S. Congress, had not hidden their concerns that
such events would eventually lead to the international recognition
of the NKR. Significant revelation...
Leonid MARTIROSSIAN Editor-in-Chief of Azat Artsakh newspaper
http://artsakhtert.com/eng/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=985:t he-truth-should-have-its-fists&catid=3:all&Itemid=4
Monday, 25 March 2013 17:35
We'll not disclose a secret, noting that the conflict between
Azerbaijan on the one hand and Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh - on
the other hand, which has long and permanently moved to actually
all the spheres - political, economic, cultural, and humanitarian,
has also spilled into the international arena. It's not the
internationalization of the conflict that took place still in the
war period, when the corresponding international organizations
were involved in its settlement. It's the policy of Azerbaijan on
"exporting" the conflict to all the above mentioned spheres of the
public-political life, with far-reaching goals - to distort the essence
of the Azerbaijani-Karabakh conflict, to achieve the international
isolation of Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh through their discredit,
and to eventually resolve the conflict in its own interests. Armed
with the famous Machiavellian principle of "the goal justifies the
means", Azerbaijan does not shun anything and uses any international
platform for misinforming the international community.
If we follow the latest, I may say, diplomatic initiatives of
Azerbaijan, we can see that it has moved the focus of its efforts to
the parliaments of some countries. In order to avoid the responsibility
for the genocide of the Armenian population in Sumgait, Baku, Kirovabad
Mingechaur, Maragha and other settlements, Azerbaijan is increasingly
spinning the flywheel of the propaganda campaign on charging Armenians
of the commitment of its own crime - "khojalu".
Using the ignorance of politicians in some countries, as well as
resorting to outright bribery, the Baku regime has managed to push
through a number of parliaments the resolutions on the "khojalu
genocide", which it has inflated for many years. Thus, on March 18,
a similar resolution was adopted by the House of Representatives of
the U.S. state of Tennessee; it was previously done by the legislative
bodies of the states of Mississippi, Maine, Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma,
and New Mexico.
We'd also note that similar resolutions were adopted by the Parliaments
of Romania and the Czech Republic. The position of Bucharest can be,
actually, explained. Supporting Moldova in the international arena,
which has a problem with Transdniestria, Romania is committed to
solidarity with Azerbaijan on the issue of "territorial integrity",
even without going into the details of the anti-Armenian steps of
the latter. With regard to the Czech Republic, later its Foreign
Ministry actually disavowed the decision of the Commission on Foreign
Relations, Defense and Security of the Chamber of Deputies of the
Parliament. In its letter to the Forum of Armenian Associations of
Europe, the Foreign Ministry stated that it had not been informed
of the unacceptable and improper step, from the point of view of
international law, and correspondingly, the Commission's decision to
recognize the events in Khojalu as "genocide" could not be considered
the official position of the Czech Republic. Some of the Czech MPs
acknowledged that the resolution on the events in Khojalu had been
adopted in haste, without due consideration of the issue.
However...
I must say, the NKR is also successfully acting at the level of
parliaments of other countries, which may have also caused Azerbaijan
to launch a "game" in the same field. As we know, the corresponding
resolutions of the Parliaments of the U.S. states of Massachusetts
and Rhode Island, as well as the Legislative Council of the Australian
state of New South Wales recognized the right of Nagorno Karabakh to
self-determination and independence. On March 13, an event dedicated
to the 25th anniversary of the Karabakh Movement was held at the U.S.
Congress, with the participation of NKR Minister of Culture and Youth
Affairs Narine Aghabalyan. On March 14, the Lithuanian Parliament
officially announced the creation of the inter-parliamentary group of
friendship with the NKR; on March 19, in Paris, a group of political
figures, Members of Parliament and Senators of France announced the
creation of the Circle of Friendship with the NKR.
All this indicates that currently, a fight for votes is actually
going on as well, but first of all - for the "minds and conscience"
of parliamentarians of different countries, with the only difference
that in this struggle, we rely on the truth, while Azerbaijan relies
on lie. But, the paradox is that having such an impressive folder
of factual materials denouncing the criminal nature of Azerbaijan,
we haven't managed to fully present to the world the truth about the
conflict for over the last two decades, while Azerbaijan has managed
to impose its false interpretation of the Karabakh events on the
international community. I think the reason is that we, rightly
believing that the truth is on our side, were kindly inactive,
while it was necessary to consistently uphold the truth and make
it available to the international community. Paraphrasing a famous
proverb, we should note that the truth should have its fists.
Especially that Azerbaijan is afraid of this truth like of fire. This
explains its policy on the international isolation of the NKR, which
includes its creation of lies, its efforts on preventing the visits
of representatives of foreign countries to the NKR - political and
public figures, journalists, and artists who, God forbid, will see
the real picture of Nagorno-Karabakh. This leads to its aggressive
reaction to someone's steps on recognizing not only the right of the
NKR to self-determination, but even the very fact of its existence.
An eloquent detail: on her return from Washington, Narine Aghabalyan
informed that members of the Azerbaijani protest action against the
festive event, dedicated to the anniversary of the Artsakh Movement
and held at the U.S. Congress, had not hidden their concerns that
such events would eventually lead to the international recognition
of the NKR. Significant revelation...
Leonid MARTIROSSIAN Editor-in-Chief of Azat Artsakh newspaper