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"STOP BEFORE NOTHING FOR THE SAKE OF KARABAKH" WITH THIS SLOGAN, AYAZ MUTALIBOV COMMITTED MILITARY AGGRESSION AGAINST A SELF-DETERMINED NATION.
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Friday, 17 May 2013 16:01
Azerbaijan's foreign propaganda purposes in the Karabakh
issue have long been evident - to ascribe the Azerbaijani military
aggression against the Republic of Artsakh to the Armenian party,
to consider the Karabakh-Azerbaijani conflict as a conflict between
Armenia and Azerbaijan, and to claim the historical Armenian
territories liberated during the war imposed on the Armenians of
Artsakh as Azerbaijani territories.
Baku's propagandists, using similar forgeries, try to draw the
attention of the international community from the essence of the
conflict, distorting its historical-political and legal grounds.
The facts on the armed stage (1992-1994) of the Azerbaijani-Karabakh
conflict undeniably prove that Azerbaijan responded to the demand of
the population of Artsakh with large-scale military activities. The
numerous proofs of this indisputable fact were added by another one -
Russian political scientist Dmitry Nefyodov has recently published the
details of the January 29, 1992 meeting convened at Azerbaijani former
president Ayaz Mutalibov, which also testifies to the intention of the
Azerbaijani military aggression and the country's top leadership to
implement brutal violence against the civil population of Artsakh. The
basic issue of the meeting, which was stated by the country's leader -
that all the Azerbaijanis should focus on Karabakh and should stop
before nothing for the sake of it - deserves special attention for
the proper perception of Azerbaijan's military-political ambitions
and far-reaching goals.
What was the political situation around the NKR on the threshold of
1992? Recalling that period will mean to recall the most horrible
and tragic events of the Artsakh War.
The enemy carried out various forms of economic blockade - isolation
of the NKAO from the outer world, especially from Armenia, impeding
the import of economically significant luggage, food products, fuel
and other essential items. The internal communications of the region
were blocked; the Armenian population in Sumgait, Gandzak, and Baku
was massacred and displaced; these were peculiar manifestations of
military activities against the Armenian people. The first targets
of the Azerbaijani aggression were the areas of Nothern Artsakh.
In early January 1992, the Azerbaijani armed forced launched attacks
in the Askeran direction and captured the village of Khramort. That
time, the NKR territory was regularly shelled by Grad station. Fierce
battles were taking place along the entire border of the Shahumian
region. Special police detachments attacked the Karachinar and Buzlukh
directions; Erkej, Manashid and Verinshen were intensively bombed. The
Azerbaijani armed forced were aimed at the destruction of all the
settlements of Artsakh, or at physical extermination of the Armenian
population living in the historical Armenian territories. "Now,
we should elaborate a general plan on launching attacks in all the
directions", Mutalibov stated to the meeting participants. "And to
this end, we should have corresponding fighting means, manpower,
supply of food products and medicines, putting into operation field
hospitals. We should work in the information field for impacting
the international community, intensify the activity of the foreign
ministry, and take foreign policy actions; they are all components of
the struggle for Karabakh... We should hire people. It is no matter
to whom we pay. He will work. Block the air, block the borders with
manpower and then direct the works of separate people and groups in
place for discovering fighters!"
The Azerbaijani president was inspired by the two-day ongoing shelling
of the Martuni and Askeran regions' settlements. "I demand every time
the number of casualties to know the losses on the opposite side... You
should realize that the fate of those present in this hall and
those absent is being determined in Karabakh. The fate of everyone".
Ayaz Mutalibov urged the meeting participants to move forwards by all
means, increasing the human losses of the Armenian party. The subtext
of all this is, surely, clear - to achieve successes in the battle
field, which could be the best guarantee of maintaining his power.
Let's recall early 1992. Implementing the instructions of the
country's leader, the Azerbaijani troops, headed by Dadash Rzayev,
launched a large-scale attack on the Askeran direction, which ended in
full failure. The report on the investigation of the reasons of this
failure, in particular, emphasized that the attack had taken place
just in the Aghdam direction, meaning the presence of the Azerbaijani
president's representatives there. The distribution of arms in the
settlements, which were turned into military bases for committing
aggression against Nagorno Karabakh was under the direct control of
the Azerbaijani president, prime minister and government structures.
Thus, the Azerbaijani prime minister instructed to allocate
corresponding financial means to the republic's regions, especially
to those bordering with the NKR Shahumian and Martakert regions -
the Geranboy and Tartar regions (correspondingly 6 and 5 million
rubles), as well as to the Shushi region and Khojalu. This fact
shows the importance and urgency of the planned aggression in the
noted directions. "It is necessary to implement centralized firing
of all the Armenian settlements of the Askeran region. For diverting
the forces from Shushi and Khankendi, attack and conquer Khramort,
Ghlzhbagh, Nakhijevanik, Prjamal and Aranzamin villages and Askeran.
Open the Aghdam-Askeran road" - this was the task set by Ayaz
Mutalibov. On February 8, 1992, by a resolution of the National
Security Council under the Azerbaijani president, a list of measures
aimed at "resolving" the Karabakh issue was endorsed, including seizure
of the arms of the former Soviet Army's military units, provision of
vouchers for studying at the Turkish military institutions, preparation
of diversion-terrorist groups, which had to move deep into the NKR
territory. On February 13, 1992, Mutalibov signed an order "On the
Establishment of Common Commandership in the Karabakh Zone".
Special attention should be paid to the February 25, 1992 letter of
famous activist of the Azerbaijani Popular Front, deputy chairman of
the republic's Supreme Soviet Tamerlan Karayev to Mutalibov. That time,
as we know, Azerbaijan's act of aggression failed, and the Azerbaijani
forces located in Khojalu were defeated by the NKR self-defense forces.
We also know that the events around Khojalu were used by the Popular
Front and the forces, supporting it, for a domestic struggle - to
overthrow Mutalibov's power. In this context, perhaps, should be
considered also the activities of Karayev and the local authorities
of the Aghdam zone. Today, when the Artsakh Republic is celebrating
another anniversary of the victory over the Azerbaijani gangs,
we can state unambiguously that the country's foreign policy has
become more aggressive towards the Republic of Artsakh. The reason
is that the lack of any adequate political and legal assessment of
the massacre and ethnic cleansing against the Armenian population by
the international community created a favorable ground for rooting
morbid hatred towards the Armenian people in Azerbaijan.
Today, Azerbaijan is ignoring peoples' right to self-determination
provided by international law, is speaking of its intention to resolve
the issue by force, is regularly accusing the states involved in the
mediation mission on the peaceful settlement of the Karabakh conflict,
is trying to distort the issue's essence via distributing lies and
forgeries at international platforms and via market diplomacy.
Fascist slogans remain dominant in our neighboring country so far. The
Azerbaijani fascism and militant rhetoric haven't got their adequate
assessment yet. Currently, the domestic political processes taking
place in the country that are still unpredictable, the increase of the
social-economic discontent and the opposition sentiments, as well as
the covert struggle between different clans can always give rise to
provocations on the line of contact between the NKR and Azerbaijani
armed forces.
Celebrating the regular anniversary of the victory at the Artsakh War,
we again stress the significance of strengthening the guarantee of our
defense and security - the Armenian Army, maintaining the territorial
integrity of our country, and consolidating our people around the
ideas of statehood and national unity.
Ruzan ISHKHANIAN
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Friday, 17 May 2013 16:01
Azerbaijan's foreign propaganda purposes in the Karabakh
issue have long been evident - to ascribe the Azerbaijani military
aggression against the Republic of Artsakh to the Armenian party,
to consider the Karabakh-Azerbaijani conflict as a conflict between
Armenia and Azerbaijan, and to claim the historical Armenian
territories liberated during the war imposed on the Armenians of
Artsakh as Azerbaijani territories.
Baku's propagandists, using similar forgeries, try to draw the
attention of the international community from the essence of the
conflict, distorting its historical-political and legal grounds.
The facts on the armed stage (1992-1994) of the Azerbaijani-Karabakh
conflict undeniably prove that Azerbaijan responded to the demand of
the population of Artsakh with large-scale military activities. The
numerous proofs of this indisputable fact were added by another one -
Russian political scientist Dmitry Nefyodov has recently published the
details of the January 29, 1992 meeting convened at Azerbaijani former
president Ayaz Mutalibov, which also testifies to the intention of the
Azerbaijani military aggression and the country's top leadership to
implement brutal violence against the civil population of Artsakh. The
basic issue of the meeting, which was stated by the country's leader -
that all the Azerbaijanis should focus on Karabakh and should stop
before nothing for the sake of it - deserves special attention for
the proper perception of Azerbaijan's military-political ambitions
and far-reaching goals.
What was the political situation around the NKR on the threshold of
1992? Recalling that period will mean to recall the most horrible
and tragic events of the Artsakh War.
The enemy carried out various forms of economic blockade - isolation
of the NKAO from the outer world, especially from Armenia, impeding
the import of economically significant luggage, food products, fuel
and other essential items. The internal communications of the region
were blocked; the Armenian population in Sumgait, Gandzak, and Baku
was massacred and displaced; these were peculiar manifestations of
military activities against the Armenian people. The first targets
of the Azerbaijani aggression were the areas of Nothern Artsakh.
In early January 1992, the Azerbaijani armed forced launched attacks
in the Askeran direction and captured the village of Khramort. That
time, the NKR territory was regularly shelled by Grad station. Fierce
battles were taking place along the entire border of the Shahumian
region. Special police detachments attacked the Karachinar and Buzlukh
directions; Erkej, Manashid and Verinshen were intensively bombed. The
Azerbaijani armed forced were aimed at the destruction of all the
settlements of Artsakh, or at physical extermination of the Armenian
population living in the historical Armenian territories. "Now,
we should elaborate a general plan on launching attacks in all the
directions", Mutalibov stated to the meeting participants. "And to
this end, we should have corresponding fighting means, manpower,
supply of food products and medicines, putting into operation field
hospitals. We should work in the information field for impacting
the international community, intensify the activity of the foreign
ministry, and take foreign policy actions; they are all components of
the struggle for Karabakh... We should hire people. It is no matter
to whom we pay. He will work. Block the air, block the borders with
manpower and then direct the works of separate people and groups in
place for discovering fighters!"
The Azerbaijani president was inspired by the two-day ongoing shelling
of the Martuni and Askeran regions' settlements. "I demand every time
the number of casualties to know the losses on the opposite side... You
should realize that the fate of those present in this hall and
those absent is being determined in Karabakh. The fate of everyone".
Ayaz Mutalibov urged the meeting participants to move forwards by all
means, increasing the human losses of the Armenian party. The subtext
of all this is, surely, clear - to achieve successes in the battle
field, which could be the best guarantee of maintaining his power.
Let's recall early 1992. Implementing the instructions of the
country's leader, the Azerbaijani troops, headed by Dadash Rzayev,
launched a large-scale attack on the Askeran direction, which ended in
full failure. The report on the investigation of the reasons of this
failure, in particular, emphasized that the attack had taken place
just in the Aghdam direction, meaning the presence of the Azerbaijani
president's representatives there. The distribution of arms in the
settlements, which were turned into military bases for committing
aggression against Nagorno Karabakh was under the direct control of
the Azerbaijani president, prime minister and government structures.
Thus, the Azerbaijani prime minister instructed to allocate
corresponding financial means to the republic's regions, especially
to those bordering with the NKR Shahumian and Martakert regions -
the Geranboy and Tartar regions (correspondingly 6 and 5 million
rubles), as well as to the Shushi region and Khojalu. This fact
shows the importance and urgency of the planned aggression in the
noted directions. "It is necessary to implement centralized firing
of all the Armenian settlements of the Askeran region. For diverting
the forces from Shushi and Khankendi, attack and conquer Khramort,
Ghlzhbagh, Nakhijevanik, Prjamal and Aranzamin villages and Askeran.
Open the Aghdam-Askeran road" - this was the task set by Ayaz
Mutalibov. On February 8, 1992, by a resolution of the National
Security Council under the Azerbaijani president, a list of measures
aimed at "resolving" the Karabakh issue was endorsed, including seizure
of the arms of the former Soviet Army's military units, provision of
vouchers for studying at the Turkish military institutions, preparation
of diversion-terrorist groups, which had to move deep into the NKR
territory. On February 13, 1992, Mutalibov signed an order "On the
Establishment of Common Commandership in the Karabakh Zone".
Special attention should be paid to the February 25, 1992 letter of
famous activist of the Azerbaijani Popular Front, deputy chairman of
the republic's Supreme Soviet Tamerlan Karayev to Mutalibov. That time,
as we know, Azerbaijan's act of aggression failed, and the Azerbaijani
forces located in Khojalu were defeated by the NKR self-defense forces.
We also know that the events around Khojalu were used by the Popular
Front and the forces, supporting it, for a domestic struggle - to
overthrow Mutalibov's power. In this context, perhaps, should be
considered also the activities of Karayev and the local authorities
of the Aghdam zone. Today, when the Artsakh Republic is celebrating
another anniversary of the victory over the Azerbaijani gangs,
we can state unambiguously that the country's foreign policy has
become more aggressive towards the Republic of Artsakh. The reason
is that the lack of any adequate political and legal assessment of
the massacre and ethnic cleansing against the Armenian population by
the international community created a favorable ground for rooting
morbid hatred towards the Armenian people in Azerbaijan.
Today, Azerbaijan is ignoring peoples' right to self-determination
provided by international law, is speaking of its intention to resolve
the issue by force, is regularly accusing the states involved in the
mediation mission on the peaceful settlement of the Karabakh conflict,
is trying to distort the issue's essence via distributing lies and
forgeries at international platforms and via market diplomacy.
Fascist slogans remain dominant in our neighboring country so far. The
Azerbaijani fascism and militant rhetoric haven't got their adequate
assessment yet. Currently, the domestic political processes taking
place in the country that are still unpredictable, the increase of the
social-economic discontent and the opposition sentiments, as well as
the covert struggle between different clans can always give rise to
provocations on the line of contact between the NKR and Azerbaijani
armed forces.
Celebrating the regular anniversary of the victory at the Artsakh War,
we again stress the significance of strengthening the guarantee of our
defense and security - the Armenian Army, maintaining the territorial
integrity of our country, and consolidating our people around the
ideas of statehood and national unity.
Ruzan ISHKHANIAN