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WASHINGTON POST'S COVERAGE OF DEVELOPMENTS IN AZERBAIJAN IS BIASED -- EMBASSY
Trend News Agency (Baku, Azerbaijan)
December 22, 2014 Monday
Dec. 22--The coverage of the developments in Azerbaijan by the US
Washington Post newspaper reflects neither widely acknowledged success
nor the robust US-Azerbaijan partnership, Counselor of Azerbaijani
embassy in the US Mammad Talibov said in his article published in
that newspaper.
"Contrary to the assertion in the Dec. 12 editorial "Dystopia on
the Caspian," the Azerbaijani people today are fulfilling their
centuries-old aspirations by building a prosperous, stable, free and
a truly independent nation," said the article.
Talibov said the case of journalist Khadija Ismayilova is going through
Azerbaijan's legal system. As recent events in the United States have
shown, legal decisions are not always popular and, in some cases,
even spark mass protests, according to the counselor.
Under any circumstances, the process must be respected in Azerbaijan
and in the United States, and all citizens, including journalists,
should be equal before the laws of the land, according to the article.
"I believe we'd all agree that promotion of human rights and democracy
is best done when one leads by example rather than by mentoring,"
he said. "This is especially true when the United States speaks to
its friends, including
Azerbaijan."
Talibov added that voicing concern for humanitarian needs of hundreds
of thousands of Azerbaijanis displaced as a result of the Armenian
occupation would go a long way.
Trend News Agency (Baku, Azerbaijan)
December 22, 2014 Monday
Dec. 22--The coverage of the developments in Azerbaijan by the US
Washington Post newspaper reflects neither widely acknowledged success
nor the robust US-Azerbaijan partnership, Counselor of Azerbaijani
embassy in the US Mammad Talibov said in his article published in
that newspaper.
"Contrary to the assertion in the Dec. 12 editorial "Dystopia on
the Caspian," the Azerbaijani people today are fulfilling their
centuries-old aspirations by building a prosperous, stable, free and
a truly independent nation," said the article.
Talibov said the case of journalist Khadija Ismayilova is going through
Azerbaijan's legal system. As recent events in the United States have
shown, legal decisions are not always popular and, in some cases,
even spark mass protests, according to the counselor.
Under any circumstances, the process must be respected in Azerbaijan
and in the United States, and all citizens, including journalists,
should be equal before the laws of the land, according to the article.
"I believe we'd all agree that promotion of human rights and democracy
is best done when one leads by example rather than by mentoring,"
he said. "This is especially true when the United States speaks to
its friends, including
Azerbaijan."
Talibov added that voicing concern for humanitarian needs of hundreds
of thousands of Azerbaijanis displaced as a result of the Armenian
occupation would go a long way.