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  • Khojaly : Meeting with Ambassador - Embassy of Mexico in London

    Russell Pollard
    March 13 2014

    Khojaly : Meeting with Ambassador - Embassy of Mexico in London


    After writing to the Mexican Ambassador in the UK on a number of
    occasions plus many follow-up phone calls on their "recognition" of
    Khojaly last year , I was finally invited to discuss the subject, in
    person, at their London office, on March 12 2014.

    Having also written to the Colombian, Czech, and Peruvian embassies,
    Mexico was the only Embassy that expressed genuine concern about this
    subject, and particularly the way that their name was being used by
    Azerbaijan for propaganda purposes. In addition to expressing support
    for Azerbaijan on Khojaly, Mexico City had also erected a statue of
    Aliyev in their main public park. This was subsequently removed which
    resulted in political tension with Azerbaijan.

    My meeting with Ambassador Alejandro Estivill was an opportunity to
    take him through the detail of my article Khojaly: The Deception of
    Azerbaijan and to explain more of the contextual background to the
    events as well as ensuring that he fully understood all of the
    implications. I presented the sequence of events, and the objective
    source facts. He understood very quickly the issues I was explaining,
    and saw the questions that this raised with the Azeri propaganda. I
    asked him to accept that there was significant ambiguity and that
    perhaps Azeri officials should be invited to answer the questions that
    he had raised.

    Following my original communication he had done his own research in to
    how Azerbaijan was using the name of Mexico for their own publicity.
    This was a matter of concern to him. I also highlighted that,
    externally, it was seen that Mexico was "recognising" Khojaly in
    return for investment from Azerbaijan. He assured me that this was
    not true.

    He confirmed that his next action would be to send all of my
    documentation to Ambassador Juan Manuel Gomez Robledo ( Foreign
    Ministry of Mexico - Undersecretary for Multilateral Affairs and Human
    Rights) in Mexico.

    Meeting the Ambassador and communicating the real facts behind
    Khojaly, highlighting the questions that need to be asked, and so
    creating a major sense of concern with key officials in the Mexican
    Government exceeded my initial expectations. Now, Mexico's
    unconditional withdrawal of their previous statement on Khojaly is the
    only final outcome that I will be truly satisfied with.

    As I was about to leave his office at the end of the meeting , he
    turned to me with a serious expression and asked me if I felt
    concerned for my safety or had received personal threats from
    Azerbaijan. I smiled, as I knew, for certain, that he had genuinely
    understood the magnitude of the information I'd just given him.

    http://russellpollard.wordpress.com/2014/03/12/khojaly-meeting-with-ambassador-embassy-of-mexico-in-london/

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