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MEMBER OF POLITICAL BOARD OF AZERBAIJANI RULING PARTY: HEYDAR ALIYEV POPULATED KARABAKH WITH AZERBAIJANIS
23:18 14/05/2014 Â" REGION
Heydar Aliyev changed the ethnic composition of Baku and Karabakh in
the Soviet era by inhabiting the areas with the Azerbaijanis. Thus,
during 13 years, the percentage of Azerbaijani population in Baku
increased from 40% to 80%, stated Ahabek Askerov, member of the
ruling "Yeni Azerbaijan" party and director of the publishing house
"Azerbaijan", in an interview given to the Azerbaijani portal
"Haqqin.az.
"Heydar Aliyev, started building Azerbaijan since the Soviet era. The
main thing he succeeded in was changing the demographic situation in
Baku. Do you know what the percentage of Azerbaijanis living in Baku
then was? I'll tell you - 40%," Askerov noted.
According to the party functionary, the Azerbaijanis constituted a
tiny percentage in industrial regions, and since the 70s of the last
century a gigantic resettlement program of the rural Azerbaijani
youth started in Baku. "Thus, in 1982, after Heydar Aliyev left for
Moscow, the percentage of Azerbaijanis in Baku reached 80%. Imagine,
he managed to do this in just 13 years!" Askerov said.
Member of the political board of the Azerbaijani ruling party "Yeni
Azerbaijan" also admitted that in the Soviet times the leader of
Azerbaijani SSR Heydar Aliyev had changed the demographic situation
in Nagorno Karabakh, inhabiting this region with Azerbaijanis.
"By the way, Heydar Aliyev has rapidly changed the demographic
situation in Nagorno-Karabakh too, populating this region with
Azerbaijanis. Unfortunately, he did not manage to finish his political
mission, because he was succeed by very weak people who destroyed
his political legacy," Askerov said.
Note that Heydar Aliyev has publicly admitted that he had deliberately
pursued a policy of increasing the number of Azerbaijanis in Karabakh
which was inhabited by Armenians.
Thus, during the meeting with the representatives of the Azerbaijani
media on July 22, in 2002, the then President Heydar Aliyev admitted,
"Nagorno Karabakh conflict arose in 1988. This is not a new conflict.
Rather to say, it is a sharp conflict. But this problem continues since
the beginning of the XX century ... It was not normal in the Soviet
period as well.... However, despite this fact, we were controlling
the situation in Nagorno Karabakh. At what cost? Firstly, the Soviet
system allowed it itself.
Secondly, I'm talking about the period when I, as the first secretary,
promoted the development of the Nagorno Karabakh a lot in that time.
At the same time I was trying to change the demographic situation
there. Nagorno Karabakh had raised the issue of opening an institute,
university there. Everyone was against it here. I thought over it
and decided to open one. But with a condition that there were three
sectors there - Azerbaijani, Russian and Armenian. It was opened. The
Azerbaijanis from adjacent regions were sent there instead of
Baku. We opened a large shoe factory there. There was no labor force
in Stepanakert. Azerbaijanis from the surrounding regions were sent
there. By this and other means, I tried to bring more Azerbaijanis
to Nagorno Karabakh and to decrease the number of the Armenians there.
Those who worked at that time in Nagorno Karabakh, know about it.
Anyway, due to my will and other qualities, my word served as a law
for its leadership."
Later, the citations of Heydar Aliyev were removed from the Azerbaijani
websites, but the links of the original were preserved in numerous
books and articles of various authors.
Moreover, the original quote made by Heydar Aliyev was preserved
in "Echo" newspaper of 24 July 2002 Number 138 (383) (Screenshot
http://www.peeep.us/4a229702 )issue and in other sources, to which
the adepts Azerbaijani propaganda have not reached yet.
http://www.panorama.am/en/politics/2014/05/14/feydar-aliyev-karabakh/
From: A. Papazian
23:18 14/05/2014 Â" REGION
Heydar Aliyev changed the ethnic composition of Baku and Karabakh in
the Soviet era by inhabiting the areas with the Azerbaijanis. Thus,
during 13 years, the percentage of Azerbaijani population in Baku
increased from 40% to 80%, stated Ahabek Askerov, member of the
ruling "Yeni Azerbaijan" party and director of the publishing house
"Azerbaijan", in an interview given to the Azerbaijani portal
"Haqqin.az.
"Heydar Aliyev, started building Azerbaijan since the Soviet era. The
main thing he succeeded in was changing the demographic situation in
Baku. Do you know what the percentage of Azerbaijanis living in Baku
then was? I'll tell you - 40%," Askerov noted.
According to the party functionary, the Azerbaijanis constituted a
tiny percentage in industrial regions, and since the 70s of the last
century a gigantic resettlement program of the rural Azerbaijani
youth started in Baku. "Thus, in 1982, after Heydar Aliyev left for
Moscow, the percentage of Azerbaijanis in Baku reached 80%. Imagine,
he managed to do this in just 13 years!" Askerov said.
Member of the political board of the Azerbaijani ruling party "Yeni
Azerbaijan" also admitted that in the Soviet times the leader of
Azerbaijani SSR Heydar Aliyev had changed the demographic situation
in Nagorno Karabakh, inhabiting this region with Azerbaijanis.
"By the way, Heydar Aliyev has rapidly changed the demographic
situation in Nagorno-Karabakh too, populating this region with
Azerbaijanis. Unfortunately, he did not manage to finish his political
mission, because he was succeed by very weak people who destroyed
his political legacy," Askerov said.
Note that Heydar Aliyev has publicly admitted that he had deliberately
pursued a policy of increasing the number of Azerbaijanis in Karabakh
which was inhabited by Armenians.
Thus, during the meeting with the representatives of the Azerbaijani
media on July 22, in 2002, the then President Heydar Aliyev admitted,
"Nagorno Karabakh conflict arose in 1988. This is not a new conflict.
Rather to say, it is a sharp conflict. But this problem continues since
the beginning of the XX century ... It was not normal in the Soviet
period as well.... However, despite this fact, we were controlling
the situation in Nagorno Karabakh. At what cost? Firstly, the Soviet
system allowed it itself.
Secondly, I'm talking about the period when I, as the first secretary,
promoted the development of the Nagorno Karabakh a lot in that time.
At the same time I was trying to change the demographic situation
there. Nagorno Karabakh had raised the issue of opening an institute,
university there. Everyone was against it here. I thought over it
and decided to open one. But with a condition that there were three
sectors there - Azerbaijani, Russian and Armenian. It was opened. The
Azerbaijanis from adjacent regions were sent there instead of
Baku. We opened a large shoe factory there. There was no labor force
in Stepanakert. Azerbaijanis from the surrounding regions were sent
there. By this and other means, I tried to bring more Azerbaijanis
to Nagorno Karabakh and to decrease the number of the Armenians there.
Those who worked at that time in Nagorno Karabakh, know about it.
Anyway, due to my will and other qualities, my word served as a law
for its leadership."
Later, the citations of Heydar Aliyev were removed from the Azerbaijani
websites, but the links of the original were preserved in numerous
books and articles of various authors.
Moreover, the original quote made by Heydar Aliyev was preserved
in "Echo" newspaper of 24 July 2002 Number 138 (383) (Screenshot
http://www.peeep.us/4a229702 )issue and in other sources, to which
the adepts Azerbaijani propaganda have not reached yet.
http://www.panorama.am/en/politics/2014/05/14/feydar-aliyev-karabakh/
From: A. Papazian