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    MENTION AZERBAIJAN AND MANY WILL NOT HAVE HEARD ABOUT THIS COUNTRY IN UK

    Trend, Azerbaijan
    Sept 22 2014

    By Elmira Tariverdiyeva - Trend:

    Mention Azerbaijan and many will not have heard about the country
    in the UK, Director of Faith Matters and the Tell MAMA project Fiyaz
    Mughal wrote in his blog at Huffington Post newspaper website.

    "Azerbaijan with its long running grievance over Nagorno-Karabakh
    continues to feel that a part of its territorial sovereignty has been
    violated by the actions of Armenia," he wrote.

    "Military skirmishes continue to this day and even escalated more
    recently in July and August 2014."

    He wrote that yet, beyond the killings, the conflict has also created
    one million refugees, most of them being Azerbaijani in ethnicity and
    such a dislocation of people has naturally created a deep grievance
    within many Azerbaijanis.

    "Nagorno-Karabakh has sucked up the resources and focus of both
    countries which could have been used elsewhere," he wrote.

    "Azerbaijan is a far cry from where the country was two or even
    three decades ago," Mughal wrote. "Natural resources, high levels of
    skilled workers and an impressive acceleration of development within
    the capital city, Baku, have transformed the nation."

    He wrote that the trajectory of the country is moving in the right
    direction, with a leadership willing to listen, proud of its religious
    diversity and its heritage, and as a country at the cross-roads
    between East and West.

    "This is one of the reasons why Azerbaijan should be a key military
    geo-strategic partner in the Caucasus for the United Kingdom," Mughal
    wrote. "Much like the heavy investment that the United Kingdom makes
    into Azerbaijan, of importance for the future are closer military
    and civic connections between the two countries."

    He wrote that which is why the Nagorno Karabakh issue must be resolved
    and cannot be allowed to fester.

    "Today Azerbaijan is a stable, friendly, investable and valuable
    strategic partner, yet these opportunities are not maximised by Great
    Britain," the article says.

    "Looking at Azerbaijan only through the lens of having a grievance
    means that this blinkered view restricts us from the real opportunities
    that this country provides," he wrote.

    "The time really is now for the United Kingdom to take a lead in
    brokering some form of agreement based on United Nations resolutions,"
    Mughal wrote. "Leaving the Kremlin to play the diplomat and honest
    broker between both parties simply means that Russia's influence on
    the region is maintained."



    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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