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Political Science Association of Armenia slams Azerbaijan's policy of
distorting the truth
14:29 18.01.2014
The Political Science Association of Armenia has adopted a statement
on the `Azerbaijani Authorities' Policy of Distorting the Truth about
the Anti-Armenian Pogroms and Subsequent Deployment of Troops in Baku
in January 1990.' The statement reads:
`January 2014 marks the 24th anniversary of the massacres of Armenians
in Baku. These tragic events were organized by the Azerbaijani Popular
Front with the criminal connivance of the Azerbaijan SSR and USSR
leadership. In the capital city of Azerbaijan hundreds of Armenians
were killed by extremely brutal methods. They were doused with petrol
and to the applause of the fanatic mob publicly burnt alive in the
streets of Baku, defenseless children, women and elderly people were
thrown from the upper floors of houses with the seizure of their
apartments and property etc. The Armenian community of Baku, by 1988
numbering around 300 thousand people and playing a prominent role in
Azerbaijan's economic and cultural life, ceased to exist, its
surviving members lost everything and became refugees. Apart from
Armenians, there were Russians, Ukrainians, Jews, as well as
Azerbaijanis having dared to save some Armenians who suffered from the
Azerbaijani brutalized thugs.
These egregious crimes against humanity were never condemned.
Moreover, the Azerbaijan SSR leadership, entering into criminal
conspiracy with the central authorities, refused to investigate them.
Baku declined to publish the archival materials on the January events,
and subsequently - under Aliyev father and son - did not venture, at
least formally, to call for responsibility and institute court
proceedings against whoever it may be.
Official Baku continues its targeted policy of falsifying the history
and tries, playing up to anti-Russian sentiments, to depict the
above-mentioned events as an end-in-itself attempt by the Union center
`to drown in the blood the national liberation movement of the
Azerbaijani nation for its secession from the USSR'. Meanwhile, the
results of the USSR-wide referendum of 17 March, 1991, when more than
70 % of all the Azerbaijan SSR population voted in favor of
maintaining the Soviet Union, are indicative of the contradiction of
this postulate to historical facts and elementary logic.
The `Plan of activities on commemorating the 24th anniversary of the
January 20 tragedy', recently approved by the Head of Administration
of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan is a symptomatic
manifestation of the Azerbaijani authorities' falsification policy. It
is based on the attempt by the direct successor of the criminal state
to exploit the traditions and rites of commemorating victims of
genocides so as to hide the horrific truth about the mass atrocities
by the thugs from the Azerbaijani Popular Front towards the peaceful
Armenian population of Baku in January 1990. Thereby, the victims are
cynically put on a par with their torturers, many of whom at present
are among the key actors in the political life of the Republic of
Azerbaijan.
This approach organically stems from Azerbaijan's unconstructive
policy, a vivid example of which is the statement by Ilham Aliyev at a
Government Session of Azerbaijan on January 9, 2014 on the use of
Azerbaijan's military machine for the resolution of the Karabakh
conflict, in case Armenia refuses to make unilateral concessions
imposed by Baku. At the same time, the arms race initiated by Baku
authorities forces the Armenian sides to take measures to maintain the
guaranteed balance of power. Meanwhile, the only reasonable way to
resolve the Karabakh conflict is the creation of an atmosphere of
mutual trust among the Republic of Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh
Republic and the Republic of Azerbaijan, based - as is the case with
the proposal for the Palestinian-Israeli conflict - on the mutual
recognition of the Republic of Azerbaijan and Nagorno-Karabakh
Republic established as a result of the 1991 law-governed referendum
in accordance with Perestroika Law `On Procedures for Regulation of
Issues Related to Separation of Soviet Republics from the USSR' -
before the Alma-Ata Declaration on the official dissolution of the
USSR, and the return of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic to the
negotiation table as a full party.
Paying tribute to the memory of the innocent victims of the January
pogroms and massacres, the Political Science Association of Armenia
condemns the sacrilegious policy by the Azerbaijani leadership of
distorting the truth about the January massacres of Armenians in 1990,
as well as the subsequent deployment of troops, and urges the
international community not to succumb to the propaganda fabrications
and manipulations by the Azerbaijani authorities. The Political
Science Association of Armenia draws the attention of the UN, the
Council of Europe, the European Union, the OSCE, Heads of the member
states of these international organizations and, first and foremost,
the OCSE Minsk Group co-Chairs to preventing the malicious perversions
by the Azerbaijani authorities of the historical truth with
profanation of the memory of the true victims of the January 1990
bloody events in Baku. We also appeal to all the honest sons and
daughters of the Azerbaijani nation to face their own history, thus
paving the way for the democratic development of Azerbaijan and the
establishment of lasting peace between the Armenian and Azerbaijani
peoples on the basis of principles of international law and universal
human values.'
http://www.armradio.am/en/2014/01/18/political-science-association-of-armenia-slams-azerbaijans-policy-of-distorting-the-truth/
From: Baghdasarian
distorting the truth
14:29 18.01.2014
The Political Science Association of Armenia has adopted a statement
on the `Azerbaijani Authorities' Policy of Distorting the Truth about
the Anti-Armenian Pogroms and Subsequent Deployment of Troops in Baku
in January 1990.' The statement reads:
`January 2014 marks the 24th anniversary of the massacres of Armenians
in Baku. These tragic events were organized by the Azerbaijani Popular
Front with the criminal connivance of the Azerbaijan SSR and USSR
leadership. In the capital city of Azerbaijan hundreds of Armenians
were killed by extremely brutal methods. They were doused with petrol
and to the applause of the fanatic mob publicly burnt alive in the
streets of Baku, defenseless children, women and elderly people were
thrown from the upper floors of houses with the seizure of their
apartments and property etc. The Armenian community of Baku, by 1988
numbering around 300 thousand people and playing a prominent role in
Azerbaijan's economic and cultural life, ceased to exist, its
surviving members lost everything and became refugees. Apart from
Armenians, there were Russians, Ukrainians, Jews, as well as
Azerbaijanis having dared to save some Armenians who suffered from the
Azerbaijani brutalized thugs.
These egregious crimes against humanity were never condemned.
Moreover, the Azerbaijan SSR leadership, entering into criminal
conspiracy with the central authorities, refused to investigate them.
Baku declined to publish the archival materials on the January events,
and subsequently - under Aliyev father and son - did not venture, at
least formally, to call for responsibility and institute court
proceedings against whoever it may be.
Official Baku continues its targeted policy of falsifying the history
and tries, playing up to anti-Russian sentiments, to depict the
above-mentioned events as an end-in-itself attempt by the Union center
`to drown in the blood the national liberation movement of the
Azerbaijani nation for its secession from the USSR'. Meanwhile, the
results of the USSR-wide referendum of 17 March, 1991, when more than
70 % of all the Azerbaijan SSR population voted in favor of
maintaining the Soviet Union, are indicative of the contradiction of
this postulate to historical facts and elementary logic.
The `Plan of activities on commemorating the 24th anniversary of the
January 20 tragedy', recently approved by the Head of Administration
of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan is a symptomatic
manifestation of the Azerbaijani authorities' falsification policy. It
is based on the attempt by the direct successor of the criminal state
to exploit the traditions and rites of commemorating victims of
genocides so as to hide the horrific truth about the mass atrocities
by the thugs from the Azerbaijani Popular Front towards the peaceful
Armenian population of Baku in January 1990. Thereby, the victims are
cynically put on a par with their torturers, many of whom at present
are among the key actors in the political life of the Republic of
Azerbaijan.
This approach organically stems from Azerbaijan's unconstructive
policy, a vivid example of which is the statement by Ilham Aliyev at a
Government Session of Azerbaijan on January 9, 2014 on the use of
Azerbaijan's military machine for the resolution of the Karabakh
conflict, in case Armenia refuses to make unilateral concessions
imposed by Baku. At the same time, the arms race initiated by Baku
authorities forces the Armenian sides to take measures to maintain the
guaranteed balance of power. Meanwhile, the only reasonable way to
resolve the Karabakh conflict is the creation of an atmosphere of
mutual trust among the Republic of Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh
Republic and the Republic of Azerbaijan, based - as is the case with
the proposal for the Palestinian-Israeli conflict - on the mutual
recognition of the Republic of Azerbaijan and Nagorno-Karabakh
Republic established as a result of the 1991 law-governed referendum
in accordance with Perestroika Law `On Procedures for Regulation of
Issues Related to Separation of Soviet Republics from the USSR' -
before the Alma-Ata Declaration on the official dissolution of the
USSR, and the return of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic to the
negotiation table as a full party.
Paying tribute to the memory of the innocent victims of the January
pogroms and massacres, the Political Science Association of Armenia
condemns the sacrilegious policy by the Azerbaijani leadership of
distorting the truth about the January massacres of Armenians in 1990,
as well as the subsequent deployment of troops, and urges the
international community not to succumb to the propaganda fabrications
and manipulations by the Azerbaijani authorities. The Political
Science Association of Armenia draws the attention of the UN, the
Council of Europe, the European Union, the OSCE, Heads of the member
states of these international organizations and, first and foremost,
the OCSE Minsk Group co-Chairs to preventing the malicious perversions
by the Azerbaijani authorities of the historical truth with
profanation of the memory of the true victims of the January 1990
bloody events in Baku. We also appeal to all the honest sons and
daughters of the Azerbaijani nation to face their own history, thus
paving the way for the democratic development of Azerbaijan and the
establishment of lasting peace between the Armenian and Azerbaijani
peoples on the basis of principles of international law and universal
human values.'
http://www.armradio.am/en/2014/01/18/political-science-association-of-armenia-slams-azerbaijans-policy-of-distorting-the-truth/
From: Baghdasarian