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RA EMBASSY TO U.S.:AZERBAIJAN PREPARES GROUND FOR NEW AGGRESSION AGAINST KARABAKH BY DISTORTING HISTORY AND ESSENCE OF CONFLICT
17:21 04/03/2014 >> REGION
Azerbaijani diplomacy and propaganda continue to mislead the
international community as well as the society of Azerbaijan by
falsifying the essence and history of Nagorno Karabakh conflict,
specifically Aghdam events. It is said in the statement released
yesterday by Armenian embassy to Unites States. The statement has been
published by several American competent media agencies such as the
Sacramento Bee, Digital Journal, One News Page, L.A. Biz, Ulitzer,
the Street etc.
By distorting the Khojaly events, Azerbaijani regime attempts to
escape the responsibility for the Armenian massacres in Sumgait
(February, 1988), Kirovabad (November, 1988), Baku (January, 1990),
Maragha (April 1992) and slaughter of its own population in Khojaly,
the document states.
"Azerbaijan strives to portray itself as a victim, thus trying to
prepare a moral ground both domestically and internationally to unleash
another war against Nagorno Karabakh," it is said in the statement.
The Armenian embassy has noted that Azerbaijan rejects all
international appeals, including the appeal by the European Court
of Human Rights, to openly debate about Aghdam events of 1992. "In
that regard one can only ask why all who have expressed points of
views differing from Azerbaijani official version of the events have
been either killed, like journalist Mustafaev, or imprisoned like
journalist Fatullayev, or politically persecuted like Ayaz Mutalibov,
the first president of Azerbaijan?" the statement reads.
"In reality Khojaly was one of the Azerbaijani strongholds in the
heart of Nagorno-Karabakh which for many months as Human Rights
Watch put it pounded the capital of Nagorno Karabakh, Stepanakert
(http://www.hrw.org/reports/1993/WR93/Hsw-07.htm#TopOfPage). The
indiscriminate shelling and sniper shooting killed or maimed hundreds
of civilians, destroyed homes, hospitals and other objects that
are not legitimate military targets, and generally terrorized the
civilian population. Therefore, suppressing the Azerbaijani fire
had become a matter of survival for the people of Nagorno-Karabakh,"
it is said in the statement of the embassy.
As Azerbaijani journalist Eynulla Fatullayev noted "And even several
days prior to the attack, the Armenians had been continuously warning
the population about the planned operation through loudspeakers
and suggesting that the civilians abandon the town and escape from
the encirclement through a humanitarian corridor. According to the
Khojaly refugees' own words, they had used this corridor and, indeed,
the Armenian soldiers positioned behind the corridor had not opened
fire on them."
However, goes on Fatullayev "... part of the Khojaly inhabitants
had been fired upon by our own [Azerbaijani troops]... Whether it
was done intentionally or not is to be determined by investigators
... [They were killed] not by [some] mysterious [shooters], but by
provocateurs from the battalions of the National Front of Azerbaijan
... [The corpses] had been mutilated by our own ..."
According to the statement, Ayaz Mutalibov, then the president of
Azerbaijan blamed his political opponents for killings in Khojaly. He
stated in an interview that "...the corridor, by which people could
escape, had nonetheless been left by the Armenians. So, why did they
have to open fire? Especially in the area around Aghdam, where there
was sufficient force at that time to get help to the people. As the
Khojali inhabitants, who narrowly escaped, say, it was all organized
in order to have grounds for my resignation. Some forces functioned
for the effort to discredit the president"
"The fact that Khojaly inhabitants felt victim of fierce domestic
political strife for power in Azerbaijan was confirmed also by then
Chairman of Azerbaijan's Supreme Council Karayev and his successor
Mamedov, Azerbaijani Human Rights Activist Yunusov and others,"
the diplomatic mission of Armenia emphasized.
Heydar Aliyev, then a presidential hopeful in Azerbaijan stated that
"...the bloodshed will profit us. We should not interfere in the
course of events"
"Eynulla Fatullayev, the Chief Editor of the Azerbaijani newspaper
"Realny Azerbaijan" spent many years in prison for alleged defamation
of inhabitants of Khojaly. He appealed to the European court of Human
Rights, which ruled that the Azerbaijani government shall immediately
release Fatullayev. He was eventually released in 2011 and shortly
after confirmed to Radio Liberty that he has not changed his views
on Khojaly events and held "Azerbaijani fighters, not Armenians,
responsible for the 1992 killings" of Khojaly inhabitants" the
statement reads.
The Armenian embassy has noted that The Azerbaijani aggressive rhetoric
and distortion of history, backed by the billions worth acquisition of
offensive weaponry, bares serious threat to the security and stability
for the whole region and thus should be adequately countered by the
international community.
Source: Panorama.am
17:21 04/03/2014 >> REGION
Azerbaijani diplomacy and propaganda continue to mislead the
international community as well as the society of Azerbaijan by
falsifying the essence and history of Nagorno Karabakh conflict,
specifically Aghdam events. It is said in the statement released
yesterday by Armenian embassy to Unites States. The statement has been
published by several American competent media agencies such as the
Sacramento Bee, Digital Journal, One News Page, L.A. Biz, Ulitzer,
the Street etc.
By distorting the Khojaly events, Azerbaijani regime attempts to
escape the responsibility for the Armenian massacres in Sumgait
(February, 1988), Kirovabad (November, 1988), Baku (January, 1990),
Maragha (April 1992) and slaughter of its own population in Khojaly,
the document states.
"Azerbaijan strives to portray itself as a victim, thus trying to
prepare a moral ground both domestically and internationally to unleash
another war against Nagorno Karabakh," it is said in the statement.
The Armenian embassy has noted that Azerbaijan rejects all
international appeals, including the appeal by the European Court
of Human Rights, to openly debate about Aghdam events of 1992. "In
that regard one can only ask why all who have expressed points of
views differing from Azerbaijani official version of the events have
been either killed, like journalist Mustafaev, or imprisoned like
journalist Fatullayev, or politically persecuted like Ayaz Mutalibov,
the first president of Azerbaijan?" the statement reads.
"In reality Khojaly was one of the Azerbaijani strongholds in the
heart of Nagorno-Karabakh which for many months as Human Rights
Watch put it pounded the capital of Nagorno Karabakh, Stepanakert
(http://www.hrw.org/reports/1993/WR93/Hsw-07.htm#TopOfPage). The
indiscriminate shelling and sniper shooting killed or maimed hundreds
of civilians, destroyed homes, hospitals and other objects that
are not legitimate military targets, and generally terrorized the
civilian population. Therefore, suppressing the Azerbaijani fire
had become a matter of survival for the people of Nagorno-Karabakh,"
it is said in the statement of the embassy.
As Azerbaijani journalist Eynulla Fatullayev noted "And even several
days prior to the attack, the Armenians had been continuously warning
the population about the planned operation through loudspeakers
and suggesting that the civilians abandon the town and escape from
the encirclement through a humanitarian corridor. According to the
Khojaly refugees' own words, they had used this corridor and, indeed,
the Armenian soldiers positioned behind the corridor had not opened
fire on them."
However, goes on Fatullayev "... part of the Khojaly inhabitants
had been fired upon by our own [Azerbaijani troops]... Whether it
was done intentionally or not is to be determined by investigators
... [They were killed] not by [some] mysterious [shooters], but by
provocateurs from the battalions of the National Front of Azerbaijan
... [The corpses] had been mutilated by our own ..."
According to the statement, Ayaz Mutalibov, then the president of
Azerbaijan blamed his political opponents for killings in Khojaly. He
stated in an interview that "...the corridor, by which people could
escape, had nonetheless been left by the Armenians. So, why did they
have to open fire? Especially in the area around Aghdam, where there
was sufficient force at that time to get help to the people. As the
Khojali inhabitants, who narrowly escaped, say, it was all organized
in order to have grounds for my resignation. Some forces functioned
for the effort to discredit the president"
"The fact that Khojaly inhabitants felt victim of fierce domestic
political strife for power in Azerbaijan was confirmed also by then
Chairman of Azerbaijan's Supreme Council Karayev and his successor
Mamedov, Azerbaijani Human Rights Activist Yunusov and others,"
the diplomatic mission of Armenia emphasized.
Heydar Aliyev, then a presidential hopeful in Azerbaijan stated that
"...the bloodshed will profit us. We should not interfere in the
course of events"
"Eynulla Fatullayev, the Chief Editor of the Azerbaijani newspaper
"Realny Azerbaijan" spent many years in prison for alleged defamation
of inhabitants of Khojaly. He appealed to the European court of Human
Rights, which ruled that the Azerbaijani government shall immediately
release Fatullayev. He was eventually released in 2011 and shortly
after confirmed to Radio Liberty that he has not changed his views
on Khojaly events and held "Azerbaijani fighters, not Armenians,
responsible for the 1992 killings" of Khojaly inhabitants" the
statement reads.
The Armenian embassy has noted that The Azerbaijani aggressive rhetoric
and distortion of history, backed by the billions worth acquisition of
offensive weaponry, bares serious threat to the security and stability
for the whole region and thus should be adequately countered by the
international community.
Source: Panorama.am